For centuries, theologians have been explaining the unknowable in terms of the-not-worth-knowing. H. L. Mencken US editor (1880 - 1956) He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire. Sir Winston Churchill British politician (1874 - 1965) Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths theater. Gail Godwin No one can earn a million dollars honestly. William Jennings Bryan US lawyer, orator, & politician (1860 - 1925) Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names. John F. Kennedy US Democratic politician (1917 - 1963) If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe. Carl Sagan US astronomer & popularizer of astronomy (1934 - 1996) If you would marry suitably, marry your equal. Ovid Roman poet (43 BC - 17 AD) Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away. Antoine de Saint-Exupery French writer (1900 - 1944) The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good. Samuel Johnson, (attributed; also attributed to Ann Landers) English author, critic, & lexicographer (1709 - 1784) Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe. H. G. Wells, Outline of History (1920) English author, historian, & utopian (1866 - 1946) |