Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
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The three great problems of this century the degradation of man in the proletariat, the subjection of women through hunger, the atrophy of the child by darkness. – Victor Hugo
On the recollection of so many and great favours and blessings, I now, with a high sense of gratitude, presume to offer up my sincere thanks to the Almighty, the Creator and Preserver. – William Bartram
Im sorry that we have to have a Washington presence. We thrived during our first 16 years without any of this. I never made a political visit to Washington and we had no people here. It wasnt on our radar screen. We were just making great software. – Bill Gates
Womens sports is still in its infancy. The beginning of womens sports in the United States started in 1972, with the passage of Title 9 for girls to finally get athletic scholarships. – Billie Jean King
Tramping is too easy with all this money. My days were more exciting when I was penniless and had to forage around for my next meal… Ive decided that Im going to live this life for some time to come. The freedom and simple beauty of it is just too good to pass up. – Christopher McCandless
Let your humour always be good-humour, in the double sense of the phrase: if it comes from a bad humour, it is almost sure to be bad humour. – Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare, Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers