"Be as nice as possible and as nasty as necessary."

“I do not play chess – I fight at chess. Therefore, I willingly combine the tactical with the strategic, the fantastic with the scientific, the combinative with the positional, and I aim to respond to the demands of each given position.”

“Child of mortality, whence comest thou? Why is thy countenance sad, and why are thine eyes red with weeping?”

“For peace do not hope; to be just you must break it. Still work for the minute and not for the year.”

Source : John Boyle O'Reilly (1882). “Songs, Legends and Ballads”

“You must not only aim right, but draw the bow with all your might.”

“The decisions you make can be upsetting to fans. I've experienced that, as a listener, looking at artists I've admired. It's sensitive. We really consider the idea of natural growth versus unnatural leaps.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com

“There is no division nor subtraction in the heart-arithmetic of a good mother. There are only addition and multiplication.”

Source : Bess Streeter Aldrich (1994). “A Lantern in Her Hand”, p.82, U of Nebraska Press

“It is true that, when an entitlement begins to be enjoyed by people, they like to keep it.”

Source : "Republicans Take Aim at Health Reform Reconciliation Bill". "PBS News Hour", www.pbs.org. March 22, 2010.

“Ask any mechanic; instructions were the things you read when all else failed.”

Source : Barbara Seranella (2013). “An Unacceptable Death”, p.75, Macmillan