Endure what life God gives and ask no longer span; Cease to remember the delights of youth, travel-wearied aged man; Delight becomes death-longing if all longing else be vain.

There are no strangers here; Only friends you haven't yet met.

There is another world, but it is in this one.

Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.

The Irishman sustains himself during brief periods of joy by the knowledge that tragedy is just around the corner.

Come Fairies, take me out of this dull world, for I would ride with you upon the wind and dance upon the mountains like a flame!

But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.

By logic and reason we die hourly; by imagination we live.

Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.

What man does not understand, he fears; and what he fears, he tends to destroy.

One man loved the pilgrim soul in you, And loved the sorrows of your changing face.

Love for you dances within & around my core of being as regular as the beat of my heart. As certain as the draw and release of each breath.

Communism is what happens when Socialists realize that they want complete control over every aspect of human life.

In a world of complex threats, our security and leadership depends on all elements of our power - including strong and principled diplomacy.

Everybody can doubt, and they are free to doubt, and I don't want to convince anyone.

I grew up watching James Bond and Star Wars and I just love that kind of action. I love trying to see if *I* can actually do it.

Memory, when duly impregnated with ascertained facts, is sometimes surprisingly fertile.

If I had to name the single characteristic shared by all truly successful individuals, I’d say it’s the ability to create and nurture a network of contacts.

Not having gone to drama school, I always feel like a bit of a fraud, but so far it looks as though I've not been found out.

Dying people in pre-industrial cultures typically died in the context of an extended family, clan, or tribe.

If the ox could think, it would attribute oxality to God.