I would rather miss the mark acting well than win the day acting basely.
Sophocles
With my academic achievement in high school I was accepted rather readily at Princeton and equally as fast at Yale, but my test scores were not... →
Sonia Sotomayor
If the system is broken, my inclination is to fix it rather than to fight it. I have faith in the process of the law, and if it is carried out... →
In the past the publishers I've worked with have been extremely generous. And in almost every case, have been people who believed in the work... →
Peter Sotos
Governmental aid is a drawback rather than an assistance, as, although it may facilitate in the routine of artistic production, it is an impediment... →
John Philip Sousa
Defeat should never be a source of discouragement but rather a fresh stimulus.
Robert South
The real goal should be reduced government spending, rather than balanced budgets achieved by ever rising tax rates to cover ever rising spending.
Thomas Sowell
I suspect that even most conservatives would prefer to live in the kind of world conjured up in the liberals' imagination rather than in the kind... →
One has a responsibility to clean up one's space and make it livable as far as one's own resources go. That includes not only material... →
Wole Soyinka
In the world of literature, I see prizes as more of a duty to the craft itself, rather than as something for the individual.