" Your true value depends entirely on what you are compared with. "

Bob Wells

" God gives us relatives; thank God we can choose our friends. "

Ethel Mumford

" Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher. "

Oprah Winfrey US actress & television talk show host (1954 – )

" Everyone is in business for himself, for he is selling his services, labor or ideas. Until one realizes that this is true he will not take conscious charge of his life and will always be looking outside himself for guidance. "

Sidney Madwed

" Politician talk themselves red, white, and blue in the face. "

Clare Booth Luce US diplomat, dramatist, journalist, & politician (1903 – 1987)

" A grand passion is the privelege of people who have nothing to do. "

Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 – 1900)

" It is with words as with sunbeams. The more they are condenced, the deeper they burn. "

Robert Southey English poet (1774 – 1843)

" Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity. "

Frank Leahy

" An author is a fool who, not content with boring those he lives with, insists on boring future generations. "

Charles de Montesquieu French lawyer & philosopher (1689 – 1755)

" The scientific theory I like best is that the rings of Saturn are composed entirely of lost airline luggage. "

Mark Russell US comedian, political commentator, & satirist (1932 – )

" Nature does not proceed by leaps. "

Linnaeus Swedish botanist (1707 – 1778)

" He had the entertainment of thinking that if he had for that moment stopped the clock it was to promote the next minute this still livelier motion. "

Henry James, “The Ambassadors”, Book Eighth, Chapter 2 British (US -born) author (1843 – 1916)

" It is easier to stay out than get out. "

Mark Twain US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 – 1910)

" Critics search for ages for the wrong word, which, to give them credit, they eventually find. "

Peter Ustinov English actor & author (1921 – 2004)

" A facility for quotation covers the absence of original thought. "

Lord Peter Wimsey, “Gaudy Night”

" The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty and the destiny of the republican model of government are justly considered… deeply, …finally, staked on the experiment entrusted to the hands of the American people. "

George Washington, First Inaugural Address, Apr. 30, 1789 First president of US (1732 – 1799)

" Inside every man there is a poet who died young. "

Stefan Kanfer

" Very little is known about the War of 1812 because the Americans lost it. "

Eric Nicol

" Men make history, and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better. "

Harry S Truman 33rd president of US (1884 – 1972)

" It is impossible to live in the past, difficult to live in the present and a waste to live in the future. "

Frank Herbert, Dune US science fiction novelist (1920 – 1986)

" One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words. "

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

" People unfit for freedom – who cannot do much with it – are hungry for power. The desire for freedom is an attribute of a “have” type of self. It says: leave me alone and I shall grow, learn, and realize my capacities. The desire for power is basically an attribute of a “have not” type of self. "

Eric Hoffer (1902 – 1983)

" I have not seen a person who loved virtue, or one who hated what was not virtuous. He who loved virtue would esteem nothing above it. "

Confucius, The Confucian Analects Chinese philosopher & reformer (551 BC – 479 BC)

" It takes your enemy and your friend, working together, to hurt you: the one to slander you, and the other to get the news to you. "

Mark Twain, Following the Equator (1897) US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 – 1910)

" Sacred cows make the best hamburgers. "

Mark Twain US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 – 1910)

" Marriage is not just spiritual communion, it is also remembering to take out the trash. "

Dr. Joyce Brothers US psychologist & television personality (1928 – )

" Who escapes duty, avoids a gain. "

Theodore Parker US Unitarian clergyman (1810 – 1860)

" In this world of sin and sorrow, there is always something to be thankful for; as for me, I rejoice that I am not a Republican. "

H. L. Mencken US editor (1880 – 1956)

" Food is an important part of a balanced diet. "

Fran Lebowitz US writer and humorist (1950 – )

" As an adolescent I aspired to lasting fame, I craved factual certainty, and I thirsted for a meaningful vision of human life – so I became a scientist. This is like becoming an archbishop so you can meet girls. "

M. Cartmill

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