All Quotes
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Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. If we continue to develop our technology without wisdom or prudence, our servant may prove to be our executioner.Omar Bradley
When a nation goes down, or a society perishes, one condition may always be found; they forgot where they came from. They lost sight of what had brought them along.Carl Sandburg
If a thing goes without saying -- let it.Jacob Braude, Treasury of Wit & Humor For All Occasions
There is always an easy solution to every human problem -- neat, plausible, and wrong.H. L. Mencken, A Mencken Chrestomathy
Successful people are very lucky. Just ask any failure.Michael Levine, Lessons at the Halfway Point
Fear not that thy life shall come to an end, but rather fear that it shall never have a beginning.John Henry Cardinal Newman
The great gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy.Meryl Streep
Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives.C. S. Lewis, The Four Loves
Some luck lies in not getting what you thought you wanted but getting what you have, which once you have got it you may be smart enough to see is what you would have wanted had you known.Garrison Keillor
The process of learning requires not only hearing and applying but also forgetting and then remembering again.John Gray, Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus