I desire not to desire, for my will is without value, since I am ignorant in any case. Therefore choose Thou for me what thou knowest to be best and do not put my perdition in what my autonomy and free choice prefer. – Bayazid Al-Bistami
Want is one only of five giants on the road of reconstruction; the others are Disease, Ignorance, Squalor, and Idleness. – Baron William Henry Beveridge
My grandfather could barely read. My grandmother had a sixth-grade education. They were people who were industrious. They were frugal. – Clarence Thomas
And I think what people in New Jersey have gotten to know about me over the last decade that Ive been in public life is what you see is what you get. And Im no different when Im sitting with you than I am when Im at home or anyplace else. – Chris Christie
I wasnt allowed to go to movies when I was kid my father was a minister. 101 Dalmatians and King of Kings, that was the extent of it. – Denzel Washington
