During the Second World War, the Germans took four years to build the Atlantic Wall. On four beaches it held up the Allies for about an hour; at Omaha it held up the U.S. for less than one...

Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other. John F. Kennedy, speech prepared for delivery in Dallas the day of his assassination, November 22, 1963

Trade-offs have been with us ever since the late unpleasantness in the Garden of Eden. Thomas Sowell, Editorial on Wal-Mart, 10-Dec-2003

All people want is someone to listen. Hugh Elliott, Standing Room Only weblog, May 8, 2003

A human being has a natural desire to have more of a good thing than he needs. Mark Twain, Following the Equator

Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped. Calvin Coolidge, speech, June 11, 1928

I cannot call to mind a single instance where I have ever been irreverent, except toward the things which were sacred to other people. Mark Twain, “Is Shakespeare Dead?”

Laws are sand, customs are rock. Laws can be evaded and punishment escaped but an openly transgressed custom brings sure punishment. Mark Twain, The Gorky Incident