More and more, when faced with the world of men, the only reaction is one of individualism. Man alone is an end unto himself. Everything one tries to do for the common good ends in failure. – Albert Camus
To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best day and night to make you everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight, and never stop fighting. – e. e. (Edward Estlin) cummings
It is better to be bold than too circumspect, because fortune is of a sex which likes not a tardy wooer and repulses all who are not ardent. – Machiavelli
The new pope knows that his task is to make the light of Christ shine before men and women of world – not his own light, but that of Christ. – Pope Benedict XVI
As a kid I was short and only weighed 95 pounds. And though I was active in a lot of Sports and got along with most of the guys, I think I used comedy as a defense mechanism. You know making someone laugh is a much better way to solve a problem than by using your fists. – Tim Conway
For example, lead paint in old houses can be a greater threat to childrens health than lead that may be under some industrial site where there are no children. – Fred Thompson
