"Without religion the highest endowments of intellect can only render the possessor more dangerous if he be ill disposed; if well disposed, only more unhappy."

“A fundamental understanding of the human psyche is the essential key to successful magic.”

“When I came up to bat with three men on and two outs in the ninth, I looked in the other team's dugout and they were already in street clothes.”

Source : Bill Schroeder, Drew Olson, Craig Counsell, Bob Uecker (2016). “If These Walls Could Talk: Milwaukee Brewers: Stories from the Milwaukee Brewers Dugout, Locker Room, and Press Box”, p.46, Triumph Books

“It takes real courage to do battle in the unspectacular task. We always listen for the applause of our co-workers. He is courageous who plods on, unlettered and unknown.... In the last analysis it is this courage, developing between man and his limitations, that brings success.”

“A politician is a fellow who will lay down your life for his country.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

“The old law permitted abortion to save one life when two would otherwise die. The new law permits abortion to take one life when two would otherwise live.”

“We believed anything worth doing was worth over-doing”

“Chris [Nolan] comes at this with such a different take on Batman, so I didn't feel that I had to be true to any other actor playing this role. Of course, I read the comic books. His relationships with Lt. Gordon and with Batman, with Gotham City, those really helped me the most.”

“You spend your life getting walked on, you learn to recognize the tread.”

Source : Nora Roberts (2003). “Three Fates”, p.257, Penguin