Foreign aid might be defined as a transfer of money from poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries. Doug Casey, Investment guru; author of "Crisis Investing" Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see. Mark Twain US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 - 1910) All art is quite useless. Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Prologue Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 - 1900) Perhaps the most valuable result of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it ought to be done, whether you like it or not. Thomas H. Huxley English biologist (1825 - 1895) I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man. Thomas Jefferson 3rd president of US (1743 - 1826) Life is the will to power; our natural desire to dominate and reshape the world to fit our own preferences and assert our personal strength to the fullest degree. Friedrich Nietzche The fox has many tricks. The hedgehog has but one. But that is the best of all. Desiderius Erasmus Dutch author, philosopher, & scholar (1466 - 1536) Guard well your spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds. Discard them and their value will never be known. Improve them and they will become the brightest gems in a useful life. Ralph Waldo Emerson US essayist & poet (1803 - 1882) While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die. Leoardo da Vinci The man who views the world at fifty the same as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life. Muhammad Ali US boxer (1942 - ) |