My computer beat me at checkers, but I sure beat it at kickboxing. Emo Phillips US comedian I have come to value liberated minds as the supreme good of life on earth. J. Frank Dobie, His tombstone in the Texas State Cemetery US folklorist (1888 - 1964) When I was fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have him around. When I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years. Mark Twain US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 - 1910) If everything on earth were rational, nothing would happen. Dostoyevsky Tradition is the social equivalent of personal habit. Hassan Fathy, An Architecture for People by James Steele, page 185. The bigger the smile, the sharper the knife. Hilary J. Bader, Ferengi Rule of Aquisition #48, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Episode 26, "Rules of Aquisition" Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody else expects of you. Never excuse yourself. Never pity yourself. Be a hard master to yourself - and be lenient to everybody else. Henry Ward Beecher US abolitionist & clergyman (1813 - 1887) The secret of happiness in not in what one likes to do, but in what one has to do. James M. Barrie Scottish dramatist & novelist (1860 - 1937) 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) Man have to have friends even in hell. Miguel de Cervantes Spanish adventurer, author, & poet (1547 - 1616) |