Never argue with an idiot, because they will only bring you down to their level and beat you by experience. John Guerrero We generate our own environment. We get exactly what we deserve. How can we resent the life weve created for ourselves? Whos to blame, whos to credit, but us? Who can change it anytime we wish, but us? Richard Bach, One It is not the consciousness of men that determines their beeing, but on the contrary, it is their social being that determines their consciousness. Karl Marx German economist & Communist political philosopher (1818 - 1883) Sometimes you cannot believe what you see, you have to believe what you feel. And if you are ever going to have other people trust you, you must feel that you can trust them, too--even when you’re in the dark. Even when you’re falling. Morrie Schwartz, Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom Once you learn how to die, you learn how to live. Morrie Schwartz, Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct or more uncertain in its success than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things. Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince (1532) Italian dramatist, historian, & philosopher (1469 - 1527) I am not sure I am willing to do what it takes to become President of the United States Jack Kemp, Seattle, Washington, Winter 1996/97 lecture series, when asked if he would run for president in 2000 It is our task in our time and in our generation to hand down undiminished to those who come after us, as was handed down to us by those who went before, the natural wealth and beauty which is ours. John F. Kennedy US Democratic politician (1917 - 1963) You go to war with the Army you have. They’re not the Army you might want or wish to have at a later time. Donald Rumsfeld, http://www.dod.gov/transcripts/2004/tr20041208-secdef1761.html He who controls the past controls the future. George Orwell, "Nineteen Eighty-Four" English essayist, novelist, & satirist (1903 - 1950) |