"But if objects for gratitude and admiration..." - Quote by Thomas Paine

“I draw my idea of the form of government from a principle in nature, which no art can overturn, viz. that the more simple any thing is, the less liable it is to be disordered; and the easier repaired when disordered.”

“The right of voting for representatives , is the primary right by which other rights are protected.”

“There is something in meanness which excites a species of resentment that never subsides, and something in cruelty which stirs up the heart to the highest agony of human hatred.”

“Thanksgiving opens up the windows of the opportunity for ideas to flow your way.”

“The finished man, you know, is difficult to please; a growing mind will ever show you gratitude. --Faust 1, lines 182-3”

“It sometimes strikes me how immensely fortunate I am that each day should take its place in my life, either reddened with the rising and setting sun, or refreshingly cool with deep, dark clouds, or blooming like a white flower in the moonlight. What untold wealth!”

“But, I've always loved John Mayer and I think T-Pain is brilliant.”

“The robin flew from his swinging spray of ivy on to the top of the wall and he opened his beak and sang a loud, lovely trill, merely to show off. Nothing in the world is quite as adorably lovely as a robin when he shows off - and they are nearly always doing it.”

“Admiration spoils all from infancy.”