Few things will ever weaken a strong nation and strong people, as will a long period of prosperity.

It is by the goodness of God that in our country
We have those three unspeakable precious things;
the freedom of speech, freedom of conscience
and the prudence never to practice either of them
- Mark Twain -

A critic is a man who knows the way
but can't drive the car
- Kenneth Tynan -

The problem isn’t that “All the world’s a stage”; the problem is that all the actors are amateurs without scripts.