There are goods so opposed that we cannot seize both, but, by too much prudence, may pass between them at too great a distance to reach either.
Samuel Johnson
You cannot spend money in luxury without doing good to the poor. Nay, you do more good to them by spending it in luxury, than by giving it; for by... →
Dictionaries are like watches, the worst is better than none and the best cannot be expected to go quite true.
It is dangerous for mortal beauty, or terrestrial virtue, to be examined by too strong a light. The torch of Truth shows much that we cannot, and all... →
To get a name can happen but to few; it is one of the few things that cannot be brought. It is the free gift of mankind, which must be deserved... →
We have a country that wants to believe it is the best in everything, but until all of us embrace the idea that health care should be a right, not a... →
Tim Johnson
When you talk about the oil wealth you compare nations. There are some nations with less than five million people. Nigeria has 150 million people. I... →
Goodluck Jonathan
Painting does what we cannot do - it brings a three-dimensional world into a two-dimensional plane.
Chuck Jones
Here he tells us that the new birth is first of all 'not of blood'. You don't get it through the blood stream, through heredity. Your... →
E. Stanley Jones
You cannot be an actor like I am and not have been in some of the worst movies like I have. But I stand before you deeply honored, mighty grateful... →
James Earl Jones