- Min far, min far, du hör väl ändå, vad älvakungen lovar mig få? - Var lugn, var lugn, min älskade pilt! i vissna löven susar det milt.

Vem rider så sent i stormens dån? En fader det är med sin späde son. Och gossen har det så gott på hans arm: den känns så fast, och hans famn är varm.

Min son, varför döljer du rädd din syn - Älvkungen, far, där i skogens bryn, älvkungen med krona och släp du väl ser? - Ett töcken, min son, och intet mer!

"Du väna barn, kom, följ mig åt! Av mig får du lära mång lek och låt. Av brokiga blommor står stranden full, min moder skall klä dig i skrudar av gull."

"Kom, fagra gosse, kom följ mig blott! Mina döttrar vårda dig ömt och gott. Mina döttrar, de svinga i ring var natt och vagga och söva dig in min skatt."

- Min far, min far, du ser då väl nog älvkungens döttrar i dyster skog? - Min son, min son, nu ser jag det gott: de gamla pilar skymta så grått.

- "Din fägring mig lockar, jag har dig så kär, jag tar dig med våld, om ej villig du är." - Min far, min far, han hårt i mig tar, älvkungen gjort mig så illa, far!

Sin häst han rysande sporrar i hast och håller det kvidande barnet fast. Sin gård omsider når han med nöd. Då låg i hans armar gossen död.

You need a certain standard of literacy, moral and ethical values, to be able to run a one man, one vote system.

There's a lot of vitriolic ranting out there, but there are literally hundreds of critics on the web who care deeply about film and having something to say about it.

We must continue to ensure law enforcement has the necessary tools to combat terrorism here at home. We must also work with our allies and provide our military with the weapons and protective gear they need to defeat terrorism abroad.

Leaders are more powerful role models when they learn than when they teach.

I mean, the death in the late eighties and early nineties really shook out a lot of hacks. The pond just sort of dried up for a lot of really bad comedians.

We have such a high drop-out rate from musicians, said the head of the college. He was right - I dropped out before I even dropped in. Months later they were still asking what had happened to me, not realising that I was on a UK tour.

That's one of the fun parts of becoming an actor: You can become whoever you want to be.

The first test of a truly great man is his humility. By humility I don't mean doubt of his powers or hesitation in speaking his opinion, but merely an understanding of the relationship of what he can say and what he can do.

The Olympic Spirit is neither the property of one race nor of one age.

The doctors told me my hearing would get worse if I continued swimming, but I loved the water so much, I just couldn't stop.

Prayer and dependence on God has been our history. How unfortunate it is now that an unaccountable and unelected and misguided judge from Wisconsin, Judge Barbara Crabb, has declared National Days of Prayer - established by the Congress - to be unconstitutional.

To realize President Obama's vision of opportunity for all, it's all about making the right match. The way we do that is through job-driven training - connecting ready-to-work Americans with ready to be-filled jobs. It helps more people secure a foothold in the middle class and helps businesses to profit and grow.

Anyone with a smart phone is a potential eyewitness cameraman capturing and transmitting stories at speeds that turn Reuter photos and traditional reporting into, well... yesterday's news.

When I go, I go hard.

India is a vibrant nation whose strength lies in its commitment to equal rights and to speech, religious and economic freedoms that enrich the lives of all citizens. India is not only the world's largest democracy; it is also a secular, pluralistic society committed to inclusive growth.

I don't think it's the role of the prime minister to court the press.

The three most dreaded words in the English language are 'negative cash flow'.

Where words can be translated into equivalent words, the style of an original can be closely followed; but no translation which aims at being written in normal English can reproduce the style of Aristotle.

I fully expect to be able to complete one more campaign goal - and that is to proudly report that signs have been erected as you enter our great state that say 'Welcome to Wild, Wonderful West Virginia: Open for Business!'

I remain faithful to bourbon sour. It's absolutely delicious. You'd have to ask a bartender what's in it, but I think if you know you might never have a drink. I also love a little rum, 7 years aged, brown, when it is chilly, before dinner.

Life does not end when we die. Death is a rebirth into a spirit world of light and love, a transition from the physical to the spiritual that is no more frightening or painful than passing between rooms through an open doorway. It is a joyful homecoming to our natural home.

To God, thy country, and thy friend be true.

There are moments when all anxiety and stated toil are becalmed in the infinite leisure and repose of nature.

Be virtuous in thought and in deed. God has planted in you, for a purpose, a divine urge which may be easily subverted to evil and destructive ends.