" Be not forgetful to entertain strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. "

Hebrews 13:2

" Indifference, then, is not only a sin, it is a punishment. "

Elie Wiesel, The Perils of Indifference US (Romanian-born) activist, novelist (1928 – )

" I respect every soldier, from every country, who serves beside us in the hard work of history. America is grateful, and America will not forget. "

George W. Bush, September 2, 2004, The Republican National Convention, N.Y. 43rd President of US (1946 – )

" We know what we are, but know not what we may be. "

William Shakespeare, Hamlet, 1600 Greatest English dramatist & poet (1564 – 1616)

" So act that your principle of action might safely be made a law for the whole world. "

Immanuel Kant German philosopher (1724 – 1804)

" Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind, which are delivered down from generation to generation as presents to the posterity of those who are yet unborn. "

Joseph Addison English essayist, poet, & politician (1672 – 1719)

" I want to believe in intelligent design, and hence I am suspicious of anything that seems to confirm my desire to believe. "

James Lileks, The Bleat web log, September 15, 2003 Columnist and Webmaster

" The proverb answers where the sermon fails, as a well-charged pistol will do more execution than a whole barrel of gunpowder idly exploded in the air. "

Simms

" Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family. Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one. "

Jane Howard, “Families”

" Freedom is one of the deepest and noblest aspirations of the human spirit. "

Ronald Reagan 40th president of US (1911 – 2004)

" Religion is a defense against the experience of God. "

Carl Jung Swiss psychologist (1875 – 1961)

" The only mystery about the cat is why it ever decided to become a domesticated animal "

Sir Compton MacKenzie

" My goal is simple. It is a complete understanding of the universe, why it is as it is and why it exists at all. "

Stephen Hawking English cosmologist and physicist (1942 – )

" To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it; to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it. "

Charles Caleb Colton, Lacon, 1825 (1780 – 1832)

" Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself. "

Leo Tolstoy Russian mystic & novelist (1828 – 1910)

" The worst crime against working people is a company which fails to operate at a profit. "

Samuel Gompers, said in 1908

" Man has responsibility, not power. "

Tuscarora proverb

" If you never did, you should. These things are fun and fun is good! "

Dr. Seuss US author & illustrator (1904 – 1991)

" There is a measure in everything. There are fixed limits beyond which and short of which right cannot find a resting place. "

Horace Roman lyric poet & satirist (65 BC – 8 BC)

" If a man has ten good qualities and one bad one, to look at the ten and forget the one, and if a man has ten bad qualities and one good one, to look at the one and forget the ten. "

Abdul Baha, Bahai Writings

" One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man. "

Elbert Hubbard US author (1856 – 1915)

" Beware of dissipating your powers; strive constantly to concentrate them. Genius thinks it can do whatever it sees others doing, but is sure to repent of every ill-judged outlay. "

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe German dramatist, novelist, poet, & scientist (1749 – 1832)

" Life is a zoo in a jungle. "

Peter De Vries

" When in doubt, have two guys come through the door with guns. "

Raymond Chandler US detective novelist & screenwriter (1888 – 1959)

" Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult, and not tried. "

G. K. Chesterton English author & mystery novelist (1874 – 1936)

" Finance is the art of passing money from hand to hand until it finally disappears. "

Robert W. Sarnoff

" I know in my heart that man is good. That what is right will always eventually triumph. And there

" A person has three choices in life. You can swim against the tide and get exhausted, or you can tread water and let the tide sweep you away, or you can swim with the tide, and let it take you where it wants you to go. "

Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider, Northern Exposure, Northern Lights, 1993

" To be loved, be lovable. "

Ovid, Ars Amatoria Roman poet (43 BC – 17 AD)

" Nothing is more intolerable than a wealthy woman. "

Juvenal Roman poet & satirist (55 AD – 127 AD)

Entries and comments feeds. Valid XHTML and CSS.