" Now is the time for all good men to come to. "

Walt Kelly, “Pogo” (comic strip) US animator & cartoonist (1913 – 1973)

" If someone offers you a gift, and you decline to accept it, the other person still owns that gift. The same is true of insults and verbal attacks. "

Steve Pavlina, How to Win an Argument, 08-31-05

" Marriage is the alliance of two people, one of whom never remembers birthdays and the other never forgets them. "

Ogden Nash US humorist & poet (1902 – 1971)

" …when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. "

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, (Sherlock Holmes) British mystery author & physician (1859 – 1930)

" True dignity is never gained by place, and never lost when honors are withdrawn "

Philip Massinger

" Few take up the burden of their own victory: most give up their dreams when they become impossible. "

Paulo Coelho, The Pilgrimage

" Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. "

Margaret Mead US anthropologist & popularizer of anthropology (1901 – 1978)

" Attacking is the only secret. Dare and the world always yields; or if it beats you sometimes, dare it again and it will succumb. "

William Makepeace Thackeray English novelist (1811 – 1863)

" The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit. "

W. Somerset Maugham English dramatist & novelist (1874 – 1965)

" A man of sixty has spent twenty years in bed and over three years in eating. "

Arnold Bennett

" To accomplish great things we must first dream, then visualize, then plan… believe… act! "

Alfred A. Montapert

" An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit. "

Pliny the Younger, Letters Roman author & politician (62 AD – 114 AD)

" God created man and, finding him not sufficiently alone, gave him a companion to make him feel his solitude more keenly. "

Paul Valery French critic & poet (1871 – 1945)

" In a full heart there is room for everything, and in an empty heart there is room for nothing. "

Antonio Porchia, Voices

" These are not books, lumps of lifeless paper, but minds alive on the shelves. "

Gilbert Highet

" Anger is a signal, and one worth listening to. "

Harriet Lerner, The Dance of Anger, 1985

" Brevity is the soul of lingerie. "

Dorothy Parker US author, humorist, poet, & wit (1893 – 1967)

" Evil is obvious only in retrospect. "

Gloria Steinem, Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions, 1983 US feminist (1934 – )

" As you enter positions of trust and power, dream a little before you speak. "

Toni Morrison, American writer (1931-) US novelist (1931 – )

" Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend. "

Theophrastus, from Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers Greek botanist, humorist, & naturalist (300 BC – 287 BC)

" For I do not believe God means us thus to divide life into two halves – to wear a grave face on Sunday, and to think it out-of-place to even so much as mention Him on a week-day. Do you think He cares to see only kneeling figures and to hear only tones of prayer – and that He does not also love to see the lambs leaping in the sunlight, and to hear the merry voices of the children, as they roll amoung the hay? Surely their innocent laughter is as sweet in His ears as the grandest anthem that ever rolled up from the “dim religious light” of some solemn cathedral? "

Lewis Carroll English author & recreational mathematician (1832 – 1898)

" The ends must justify the means. "

Matthew Prior, “Hans Carvel” (1701) English diplomat & poet (1664 – 1721)

" Its embarrassing, you try to overthrow the government and you wind up on a Best Sellers List. "

Abbie Hoffman, In response to the success of his book; Steal this Book US radical activist (1936 – 1989)

" Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps, for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are and what they ought to be. "

William Hazlitt English essayist (1778 – 1830)

" The problem with intelligent design theory is not that it is false but that it is not falsifiable: Not being susceptible to contradicting evidence, it is not a testable hypothesis. Hence it is not a scientific but a creedal tenet–a matter of faith, unsuited to a public school

" It is not for man to rest in absolute contentment. He is born to hopes and aspirations as the sparks fly upward, unless he has brutified his nature and quenched the spirit of immortality which is his portion. "

Robert Southey English poet (1774 – 1843)

" Only actions give life strength; only moderation gives it a charm. "

Jean Paul Richter German author (1763 – 1825)

" Man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter. "

Joseph Addison, The Spectator, September 26, 1712 English essayist, poet, & politician (1672 – 1719)

" The secret of a good life is to have the right loyalties and to hold them in the right scale of values. "

Norman Thomas US socialist politician (1884 – 1968)

" The human heart is a strange vessel. Love and hatred can exist side by side. "

Scott Westerfeld, Peeps, 2005

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