The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too. – Samuel Butler, Notebooks, 1912
If a country doesnt recognize minority rights and human rights, including womens rights, you will not have the kind of stability and prosperity that is possible. – Hillary Clinton
New Zealand needs to balance its environmental responsibilities with its economic opportunities, because the risk is that if you dont do that – and you want to lead the world – then you might end up getting unintended consequences. – John Key
Medical research in the twentieth century mostly takes place in the lab in the Renaissance, though, researchers went first and foremost to the library to see what the ancients had said. – Peter Lewis Allen
One of my current pet theories is that the winter is a kind of evangelist, more subtle than Billy Graham, of course, but of the same stuff. – Shirley Ann Grau
