However far modern science and techniques have fallen short of their inherent possibilities, they have taught mankind at least one lesson: Nothing is impossible.

The Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire.

The crime bill passed by the Senate would reinstate the Federal death penalty for certain violent crimes: assassinating the President; hijacking an airliner; and murdering a government poultry inspector.

Behind every successful man lurks a truly amazed ex-mother-in-law.

c'est la vie.

He who hangs on the errors of the ignorant multitude, must not be counted among great men.

Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you. -Carl Sandburg.

The object of war is not to die for your country, but to make the other bastard die for his.

The treacherous, unexplored areas of the world are not in continents or the seas; they are in the hearts and minds of men.

A truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a lion needs the approval of sheep.

The man who promises everything is sure to fulfil nothing, and everyone who promises too much is in danger of using evil means in order to carry out his promises, and is already on the road to perdition.

Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.

There is but one philosophy and its name is fortitude! To bear is to conquer our fate.

Those who promise us paradise on earth never produced anything but a hell.

Death came with friendly care; The opening bud to heaven conveyed, And bade it blossom there.

Of all tales 'tis the saddest--and more sad, Because it makes us smile.

A crier of green sauce.

When a man brings his wife flowers for no reason, there's a reason.

I believe that man will not merely endure; he will prevail.

Make new friends but keep the old ones; one is silver and the other's gold.