Devotion, when it does not lie under the check of reason, is apt to degenerate into enthusiasm.

The country is in some trouble, because the media, which is supposed to provide a check and balance on government, has decided to stop doing that as a collective entity.

We all get stuck. We all lose ourselves a little bit in a fantasy or in our jobs and forget how we feel about other things. It’s really important to check yourself, to spend some time alone.

Hope is a great falsifier. Let good judgment keep her in check.

For centuries the death penalty, often accompanied by barbarous refinements, has been trying to hold crime in check; yet crime persists. Why? Because the instincts that are warring in man are not, as the law claims, constant forces in a state of equilibrium.

I cashed my first check in the NFL at a cashing joint-uh, I think they laughed at me.