It ain't those parts of the Bible that I can't understand that bother me, it's the parts that I do understand.
- Mark Twain

One man who has a mind and knows it can always beat ten men who haven't and don't.
- George Bernard Shaw

Who is wise? He that learns from everyone. Who is powerful? He that governs his passions. Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody.
- Benjamin Franklin

My words fly up, my thoughts remain below; Words without thoughts never to heaven go.
- William Shakespeare

Politics is more dangerous than war, for in war you are only killed once.
- Winston Churchill

Once you say you're going to settle for second, that's what happens to you in life, I find.
- John F. Kennedy