All Quotes
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Oh would some power the giftie gie us, to see ourselves as others see usRobert Burns, To A Louse
Life is lighter than a feather, duty heavier than a mountain.Robert Jordan, The Great Hunt, Book 2 of The Wheel of Time
Sometimes I lie awake at night, and I ask, "Where have I gone wrong?"
Then a voice says to me, "This is going to take more than one night."Charles M. Schulz, Charlie Brown in "Peanuts"
The supreme irony of life is that hardly anyone gets out of it alive.Robert Heinlein, "Job", 1984
A great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up.Albert Schweitzer
Gratitude is born in hearts that take time to count up past mercies.Charles E. Jefferson
The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer.Henry Kissinger, New York Times, Oct. 28, 1973
For the villainy of the world is great, and a man has to run his legs off to keep them from being stolen out fom underneath him.Bertolt Brecht, The Threepenny Opera (1928), Act I Scene 3
I chose and my word was shaken. So what? The choice may have been mistakenStephen Sondheim, Sunday in the Park with George (1984), Act 2
Men have been taught that it is a virtue to agree with others. But the creator is the man who disagrees. Men have been taught that it is a virtue to swim with the current. But the creator is the man who goes against the current. Men have been taught that it is a virtue to stand together. But the creator is the man who stands alone.Ayn Rand