[T]here is no practice… which tends to renovate the constitution, than a temporary retirement to the country… – John Sinclair, The Code of Health and Longevity, c.1815
People tell me that the countryside must always be stupid and backward, and I get angry, as if it were said that only townspeople had immortal souls, and that it was only in the city that the flame of divinity breathed into the first men had an unobscured glow. – George William Russell
When service members are discharged, we should express our gratitude for their profound personal sacrifice, not hand them a bill for their hospital food. – Barbara Boxer
We just want to win. Thats the bottom line. I think a lot of times people may become content with one championship or a little bit of success, but we dont really reflect on what weve done in the past. We focus on the present. – Derek Jeter
I believe that the Good Lord gave us a finite number of heartbeats and Im damned if Im going to use up mine running up and down a street. – Neil Armstrong