"Science investigates religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge which is power religion gives man wisdom which is control."

“I was especially perceptive to all things beautiful that morning-raspberries in blue china bowls were enough to make the heart sing.”

Source : Irene Hunt (2005). “Up a Road Slowly”, p.89, Penguin

“My bottom line is that monetary policy should react to rising prices for houses or other assets only insofar as they affect the central bank's goal variables - output, employment, and inflation.”

Source : "In 2004 Janet Yellen Feared Housing Bust But Did Not Raise Public Alarm" by Marilyn W. Thompson, Ann Saphir, and Alister Bull, www.businessinsider.com. October 30, 2013.

“Politics is not about winning for the sake of winning.”

“Slap some keys on her and we'll have a piano.”

“Secretary Clinton has dramatically changed the face of U.S. foreign policy globally for the good. But I wish she had been unleashed more by the White House.”

“I believe in myself. I believe in the hands that work, in the brains that think, and in the hearts that love.”

“The cloven-foot of self-interest was now and then to be seen aneath the robe of public principle.”

Source : John Galt (1842). “The Provost: And Other Tales”, p.8, Edinburgh : W. Blackwood

“Weigh down your curtains with a proper 5-inch hem. It makes them much more proportioned and professional-looking.”