Some deemed him wondrous wise, and some believed him mad.

Ah, who can tell how hard it is to climb the steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar?

Be ignorance thy choice, where knowledge leads to woe.

Inflexible in faith, invincible in arms.

From labour health, from health contentment spring; contentment opes the source of every joy.

How sweet the words of Truth, breathed from the lips of Love.

Some deemed him wondrous wise, and some believed him mad.

No jealousy their dawn of love overcast, nor blasted were their wedded days with strife; each season looked delightful as it past, to the fond husband and the faithful wife.

And beauty immortal awakes from the tomb.

At the close of the day when the hamlet is still, and mortals the sweets of forgetfulness prove, when naught but the torrent is heard on the hill, and naught but the nightingale's song in the grove.

In every age and every man there is something to praise as well as to blame.

He thought as a sage, though he felt like a man.

And from the prayer of Want, and plaint of Woe, O never, never turn away thine ear! Forlorn, in this bleak wilderness below, Ah! what were man, should Heaven refuse to hear!

And, lo! in the dark east, expanded high, The rainbow brightens to the setting Sun.

The only advantage to being a middle-aged man is that when you put on a jacket and tie, you're the Scary Dad. Never mind that no one has had an actually scary dad since 1966. The visceral fear remains.

You can't converse with Alzheimer's sufferers in the way you do with others; the dialogue tends to go round in circles.

A black cat crossing your path signifies that the animal is going somewhere.

Little girls think it's necessary to put all their business on MySpace and Facebook, and I think it's a shame...I'm all about mystery.

Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers.

I'm beginning to think that you should only be allowed to serve two terms, before madness sets in.

Don't judge yourself; simply return your attention to what's in front of you right now.

The fluteplayer puts breath into a flute and who makes the music Not the flute. The Fluteplayer

Australia is a remarkable country with incredible technical and physical resources and a capacity to be a world leader in renewables.

Although a madman, Norton wrote letters to Abraham Lincoln and Queen Victoria which they took seriously.

I guess I started too early because I just thought it was something fun to do.

When the heart speaks, its language is the same under all latitudes.

Being a victim is more palatable than having to recognize the intrinsic contradictions of one's own governing philosophy.

Dallas was a Black and White society at that time; it didn't have the diversity it has now.

Every form is a base for colour, every colour is the attribute of a form.

People who believe in freedom of expression have spent several centuries fighting against censorship, in whatever form. We have to be certain the 'Net' doesn't become the site for technological book burning.

The music I love listening to is more of the Jack Johnson, Ben Harper, Dido, Jewel, Nora Jones, Joss Stone, a bit more of that organic live-instrumentation feel.

I'm a big baseball fan, and I feel proprietary about the Dodgers. I'm not the owner. I'm not the manager. But I feel passionate about the decisions that they make, and I take it personally when they make decisions I don't like.

Approach each customer with the idea of helping him or her to solve a problem or achieve a goal, not of selling a product or service.

From the beginning, we promised folks that they'll see whatever event we cover in its entirety, from gavel to gavel - whether it's the House of Representatives or the Senate. That's the whole reason for being.

I have an attitude. It's what I do. I'm edgy. I have an attitude.

My thing of not playing offensive tackle is the health issue. I don't want to be that big. That could end up not being good for your health.

Books are a uniquely portable magic.

From my undergraduate days, I've always been interested in the major philosophical questions that don't seem to have an answer that everyone agrees on.