The humiliation of the North is complete and overwhelming.

The humiliation of the North is complete and overwhelming.

I may fall here in the Senate chamber, but I will. never make any compromise with any such men.

As a Senator I am opposed to duelling. As Ben. Wade, I recognize the code.

You can never conquer us, we will die first.

Sir, I am no sycophant or worshipper of power anywhere.

I know how easy it is for some minds to glide along with the current of popular opinion, where influence, respectability, and all those motives which tend to seduce the human heart are brought to bear.

But, sir, I shall take the path of duty and shall not swerve from it.

I do not pretend to know precisely what is on foot there; but I think it pretty evident that there is a very free communication between that country and this body, and unless I am greatly mistaken, I see the dwarfish medium by which that communication is kept up.

Well, what are you going to do about it?

To morrow, I believe, is to be an eclipse of the sun, and I think it perfectly meet and proper that the sun in the heavens, and the glory of the Republic should both go into obscurity and darkness together.

If a man carries his horse out of a slave State into a free one, be does not lose his property interest in him; but if he carries his slave into a free State, the law makes him free.

I am amazed at the facility with which some men follow in the wake of slavery.

Sometimes it leads me even to hesitate whether I am strictly correct in my idea that all men are born to equal rights, for their conduct seems to me to contravene the doctrine.

I am not unaware how unpopular on this floor are the sentiments I am about to advocate.

We certainly cannot have any further political connection with the Whigs of the South; they have rendered such connection impossible. An impassable gulf separates us, and must here-after separate us.

I have always believed, heretofore, in the doctrines of the Declaration of Independence, that all men are born free and equal; but of late it appears that some men are born slaves, and I regret that they are not black, so all the world might know them.

I am not unconscious of the persuasive power exerted by these considerations to drag men along in the current; but I am not at liberty to travel that road.

A lot of people didn't realize that with the carpet being pulled out from under me in such a short time frame I got to such a bad place.

My job is to enforce the laws of Florida.

Theories come and go, but fundamental data always remain the same.

I've been waiting for this for so long--something new, life after high school.

Coffee is the best thing to douse the sunrise with.

I write as a way of keeping myself going. You build your life around writing, and it's what gets you through. So it's partly just curiosity to see what you can do.

I just go with the flow, so any style can be in my music - that makes it exciting.

In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.

What I like in L.A. is that it's a lot more brutal. In England it's, 'Have a cup of tea, have a chat,' and you still don't get the part. In L.A. you go in, do your bit, and if they don't like you, you're straight out again. In a sense, that's more honest.

As a man sow, shall he reap. and I know that talk is cheap. But the heat of the battle is as sweet as the victory.

I was never built to play the hero. Physically or emotionally... And they're not as rewarding to play. At least for me.

Make it simple. Make it memorable. Make it inviting to look at. Make it fun to read.

You've got to love this business. You have to be able to take rejection.

Men are separated by so many petty things.

Read. Read. Read. Just don't read one type of book. Read different books by various authors so that you develop different styles.

So I've had lots of different bands over the years who have stayed with me for certain tours.

Those authors who would find many readers, must endeavour to please while they instruct.

As someone from a developing country, I have a problem with rich countries thinking they can tell us anything, simply because they are giving money.

Watson augments human decision-making because it isn't governed by human boundaries. It draws together all this information and forms hypotheses, millions of them, and then tests them with all the data it can find. It learns over time what data is reliable, and that's part of its learning process.

More than Santa Claus, your sister knows when you've been bad and good.

In this business actors who have Botox or surgery make you very aware of age. It's awful.

The best kind of happiness is a habit you're passionate about.

Women are such incredible people. We're so multifaceted, we're so interesting, and any opportunity to celebrate that - because there's been many years of not being able to - and expose what it's like to be female and how we can be whoever we want to be, and do whatever we want to do, is great.

The fact that a believer is happier than a sceptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one. The happiness of credulity is a cheap and dangerous quality.