Abraham Lincoln needs no marble shaft to perpetuate his name; his words are the most enduring monument, and will forever live in the hearts of the people. – Osborn H. Oldroyd
I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered together at the White House – with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined here alone. – John F. Kennedy, to his Nobel Prize-winning guests
The return from the walk, and the arrival of tea, should be exactly coincident, and not later than a quarter past four. – C.S. Lewis, Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life, 1955
The only theism worthy of our respect believes in God not because of the way the world is made but in spite of that. The only theism that is no less profound than the Buddhas atheism is that represented in the Bible by Job and Jeremiah. – Walter Kaufmann
I build a kind of wall between myself and t he model so that I can paint in peace behind it. Otherwise, she might say something that confuses and distracts me. – Edvard Munch
Are we Darwinists – where we live and let live? Or are we nurturing as a society? There has to be a standard of living that we decide to support. – Mario Batali
