Certainly virtue is like precious odors, most fragrant when they are incensed, or crushed: for prosperity doth best discover vice, but adversity doth best discover virtue. – Francis Bacon
Happiness is an imaginary condition, formerly attributed by the living to the dead, now usually attributed by adults to children, and by children to adults. – Thomas Szasz
I knew I could not maintain that leadership in open struggle against Moscow influence. Only two Communist leaders in history ever succeeded in doing this – Tito and Mao Tse-tung. – Earl Browder
You cannot trust 25 guys in a locker room to have the same respect and training as I do with a weapon. That I do understand. Ive carried a gun for 10 years. Ive carried them in the locker room, and nobody really knows about it. I know how to handle myself. – Luke Scott