1. The biggest obstacle to professional writing is the necessity for changing a typewriter ribbon.

Robert Benchley (1889-1945) U.S. humorist. Quoted in Chips off the Old Benchley (1949)

2. Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundations of America.

George W. Bush (b.1946) U.S. president. Referring to terrorist attacks on U.S., September 11, 2001. Address to the Nation (2001)

3. These acts shatter steel, but they cannot dent the steel of America’s resolve.

George W. Bush (b.1946) U.S. president. Referring to terrorist attacks on U.S., September 11, 2001. Address to the Nation (2001)

4. To believe there is no way out of the present crisis for capitalism is an error. No situation is ever absolutely hopeless.

Vladimir Ilich Lenin (1870-1924) Russian revolutionary leader and political theorist. Speech (1917)

5. Every obstacle yields to stern resolve.

Leonardo Da Vinci (1452-1519) Italian artist and inventor. Notebooks (1508-18)