"The Psalmists in telling everyone to praise God are doing what all men do when they speak of what they care about."

“I will admit, like Socrates and Aristotle and Plato and some other philosophers, that there are instances where the death penalty would seem appropriate.”

“Work won't do me any good ... I've tried it, and it bored me worse than the other thing.”

Source : Samuel Hopkins Adams (1917). “Our Square and the People in it”

“A translator is essentially a reader and we all read differently, except that a translator's reading remains in unchanging print”

Source : Gregory Rabassa (2006). “If This Be Treason: Translation and Its Dyscontents”, p.89, New Directions Publishing

“Love lessens woman's delicacy and increases man's.”

Source : Jean Paul (1863). “Titan: A Romance”, p.199

“I was the second-best player in high school. I was the second pick in the draft. I've been second in the MVP voting three times. I came in second in the Finals. I'm tired of being second. I'm not going to settle for that. I'm done with it.”

Source : "Kevin Durant sick of second, working for first with help of advanced stats" by Ben Golliver, www.si.com. April 23, 2013.

“The natural disposition of most people is to clothe a commander of a large army whom they do not know, with almost superhuman abilities. A large part of the National army, for instance, and most of the press of the country, clothed General Lee with just such qualities, but I had known him personally, and knew that he was mortal; and it was just as well that I felt this.”

“Getting older is fine. There is nothing you can do to stop it so you might as well stay on the bus.”

“I never wanted to be a pundit.”