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God give me strength to face a fact
though it slay me. ~ Thomas Huxley ** There is no oath that can bind a woman's tongue ~ Henry Rider Haggard ** Nine-tenths of the talk of Evolutionists is sheer nonsense, not founded on observation and wholly unsupported by facts. This museum is full of proofs of the utter falsity of their views. Dr. Etheridge ** You cannot do a kindness too soon because you never know how soon will be too late. ~ Emerson *** If anyone really believed in evolution they would leave the air conditioner behind, step out into the desert outside and EVOLVE. Lin Stone ** All of the best generals are working on newspapers instead of in the Army. ~ Robert E. Lee With all my devotion to the Union and the feeling of loyalty and duty of an American citizen, I have not been able to raise my hand against my relatives, my children, my home. I have therefore resigned my commission in the Army. ~ Robert Edward Lee ** How could I shoot 120 men from Maine? I could never go home? ~ Chamberlain *** People live for the dream in their hearts. And I have yet to know anyone who has not some secret dream, some hope, however dim, some storied wall to look at in the dusk, some painted window leading to the soul. ~ Zane Grey *** Shortcuts are always attractive. But they are rarely effective. ~ Jim Daniels *- I hate the idea of causes, and if I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country. ~ E. M. Forster ** I have to pay my workers enough so they can buy the cars they make. Henry Ford ** All honest work is sacred. *** It is much too easy to be so busy we can't accomplish anything. ** integrity is not naïveté. What is naive is to suppose that we are not accountable to God. ~ D. Todd Christofferson *** Milestones can turn into mill stones and both be as slick as wet river rocks beneath our feet. ** Human beings are the only creatures on earth that allow their children to come back home. ~ Bill Cosby **** I desire that every laborer in my realm should be able to put a fowl in the pot on Sundays. ~ King Henry IV, France ** Wisdom begins with acknowledging the intricate importance of the simple basics. ** The way to spell LOVE is: T I M E. ** When there is no rest for the weary the power of prayer can give us rest between heartbeats. Living in half time the hours simply fade away. ** If a taste of sin and stupidity would really help you live better we would gladly dunk you three times in the cesspool of sin and yank you out only when the filth had done its dirty work on your soul. ** It is through selfless service that we are refined for a righteous fate. ** In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies. ~ Winston Churchill ** You are deader than you think. ~Wilbur Schramm *** Anything they can get you addicted to they can raise the price on. Freedom consists of evading the addictions. ** Great Parenting is not a popularity contest. *** American companies may have beautiful plants in Mexico, but it is now known that their workers live in cardboard boxes. ~ Richard Gephardt *** Once upon a time the Ancient Egyptians were ridiculed in our schools for making sure their hair and fingernail clippings were carefully guarded until they could be disposed of properly, as if there were some hidden code in them that could be used to their detriment. Today it is openly preached that DNA codes are present even in our saliva and can be collected from hair follicles found on personal brushes. it will be realized and admitted that the Native Americans in the United States had a better, cleaner, happier civilization than the Euro-mericans that invaded their societies and destroyed them under the standard that Natives were only ignorant savages. *** Have you ever read a scientific definition of love? You never will. Why? Because a man does not know what love is until he gets into it, and then he is not scientific until he gets out again. William Jennings Bryan ** Decide that you want it more than you are afraid of it. ~ Bill Cosby ** Life is full of difficulties, some minor and others of a more serious nature. There seems to be an unending supply of challenges for one and all. Our progl3em is that we often expect instantaneous solutions to such challenges, forgetting that frequently the heavenly virtue of patience is required. Thomas S. Monson. *** While the media is entitled to its own opinion, it is not entitled to its own facts. ~ Jim Tunney, professional speaker. * It isn’t that they can’t see the solution. It is that they can’t see the problem. — G.K. Chesterton ** You can learn more about human nature by reading the Bible than you can by living in New York. William Lyon Phelps *** Preparation removes fear. L. Tom Perry *** The compact which exists between the North and the South is a covenant with death and an agreement with hell. William Lloyd Garrison ***
Give Me Liberty, or Give me
Death *** "A slave is one who waits for someone else to free him." - Rosellen Brown *** There is one bad problem with the learned – They know too much and don't know how to get around it. Lin Stone Until they get too old to care, ballpark idols prefer sportscasters that validate their greatness. ~ Lin Stone There are only two ways of telling the complete truth--anonymously and posthumorously. ~ Lin Stone ** Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes... the ones who see things differently -- they're not fond of rules... You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can't do is ignore them because they change things... they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do.” Steve Jobs - Apple *** A lie can travel halfway around the world before the truth gets its boots on. ~ Winston Churchill ** People describe "perfect" only by its negative attributes -- isn't a drunk, isn't a coward, doesn't tell lies, etc.; God is perfect and, yes, he has all those sterling negative qualities, but his most important attributes are all positive -- forgiving, loving, wise, wonderful, etc.. ** Work is an antidote for anxiety, an ointment for sorrow and a door to possibility. *** Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing till it gets there. Josh Billings *** "The time will and must come, when honesty will receive its reward, and when the people of this nation will be brought to a sense of their duty, and will pause and reflect how much it cost us to redeem ourselves from the government of one man." David Crockett *** No one becomes a saint in his sleep. Sterling W. Sill. *** ART. X of New Hampshire State Constitution: Government being instituted for the common benefit; protection, and security of the whole community, and not for the private interest or emolument of any one man, family, or class of men; therefore, whenever the ends of government are perverted and public liberty manifestly endangered , and all other means of redress are ineffectual, the people of right ought and may to reform the old, or establish a new government. The doctrine of non-resistance against arbitrary power and oppression is absurd, slavish, and destructive of the good and happiness of mankind. *** Who ordained that the few should have the land (of Britain) as a prerequisite; who made 10,000 people owners of the soil and the rest of us trespassers in the land of our birth? -- David Lloyd George *** In tough economic times, people care a lot more about the money they're spending. Drew Patterson *** There is hope for the future because God has a sense of humor and we are funny to God. ~ Bill Cosby *** Always speak the truth, think before you speak, and write it down afterwards. ~ Lewis Carroll ** Man has achieved the setting of moral right above brute force ~ Georges Clemenceau ** Dreamers are a cheap commodity that can be bought for a penny per pound and have money left over. Visionaries however are priceless. ~ Lin Stone *** Might is taking its stand beside right to accomplish the greatest revolution in the history of mankind ~ Georges Clemenceau ** Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence. - Abigail Adams ** Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere. - Carl Sagan ** Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence. - Abigail Adams ** There are many things a son cherishes more highly than the inheritance of great riches, and foremost is the heritage of a good name. ~ Everett T. Tomlinson One cannot be fair or just to his enemies unless he can first get their points of view. ~ Everett T. Tomlinson *** |
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*** We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow *** Into each life some rain must fall. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow *** And the night shall be filled with music, and the cares that infest the day, shall fold their tents, like the Arabs, And as silently steal away. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow *** The young may die, but the old must. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow *** Fame comes only when deserved and then it is as inevitable as destiny, for it is destiny. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow *** Well it has been said that there is no grief like the grief which does not speak. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow *** For of all sad words of
tongue or pen, *** Music is the universal language of mankind. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow *** Morality without religion is only a kind of dead reckoning,-- an endeavor to find our place on a cloudy sea by measuring the distance we have run, but without any observation of the heavenly bodies. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow *** Glorious indeed is the world of God around us, but more glorious the will of God within us. There lies the land of Song; there lies the poet's native land. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Dust thou art, to dust returnest, Was not spoken of the soul. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow I ploughed the land with horses, But my heart was ill at ease, For the old sea-faring men Came to me now and then, With their sagas of the seas. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. *** Doctors will have more lives to answer for in the next world than even we generals. ~ Napoleon Bonaparte Medicines are only fit for old people. ~ Napoleon Bonaparte *** It isn't a matter of black is beautiful as much as it is white is not all that's beautiful. ~ Bill Cosby ** The things we know best are the things we haven't been taught. - Marquis de Vauvenargues ** Originality is the fine art of remembering what you hear but forgetting where you heard it. - Laurence J. Peter All that is valuable in human society depends upon the opportunity for development accorded the individual. Albert Einstein ** I have learned to use the word 'impossible' with the greatest caution. - Wernher von Braun ***
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*** Man has almost constant occasion for the help of his brethren, and it is in vain for him to expect it from their benevolence only. Adam Smith ** The specter of failure is what keeps corporations honest and encourages them to make good decisions. R. J. Harris ** Anybody can direct, but there are only eleven good writers. ~ Mel Brooks I come from a state that raises corn and cotton and cockleburs and Democrats, and frothy eloquence neither convinces nor satisfies me. I'm from Missouri; you've got to show me. William Duncan Vandiver, 1899 at a naval banquet in Philadelphia. *** I enjoy reading words of wisdom
especially those our leaders of today seem to forget
about. ** A genuine optimist is someone that can waltz from failure to failure without any loss of enthusiasm. ~ Lin Stone You have to work just as hard to be first in a village as you would to be second in Rome. ~ Lin Stone The little molehills you complain about holding you back today will be forgotten tomorrow when you see the mountain they were hiding. ~ Lin Stone ** The biggest fool in the world is he who merely does his work supremely well, without attending to appearance. - Michael Korda *** Be not the first by which the new is tried, nor yet the last to lay the old aside. anon *** We are the people who run this country. We are the deciders. And every single day, every single one of us needs to step outside and take some action to help stop this war. Raise hell. Think of something to make the ridiculous look ridiculous. Molly Ivins, syndicated columnist *** I realize that there are certain limitations placed upon the right of free speech. I may not be able to say all I think, but I am not going to say anything I do not think. Eugene V. Debs *** Martyrdom is the only way a man can become famous without ability. -- George Bernard Shaw *** "I believe there is something
out there watching us. *** Small minds talk about famous people. Mediocre minds talk about famous events. Great minds talk about ideas that will never be forgotten. I can't remember who said that. *** People with goals succeed because they know where they’re going. Earl Nightingale *** What would chairs look like if our knees buckled the other way? *** These are the worst of days, a time when telling the truth is labeled "derogatory." Anon. *** In this world a man must be
either anvil or hammer. *** I'd rather be the hammer
than the anvil.
"You name them. I'll shoot them." *** No life is of much value and every death is but a little loss. Clarence Darrow. *** It is sad to think how many of those telling points (from scientific discoveries) that turned some of our best students away from the gospel have turned out to be dead wrong! Hugh B. Nibley *** In every presidential campaign you hear the sweet words that sweeps candidates into power. But after the Oval Office is achieved all you hear is a cry for compromise -- and patience. Lin Stone *** The government needs to find better ways to spend its time and our money. Mike McLean, Richfield Minn. *** Energy and Persistance Conquer All Things Benjamin Franklin One today is worth two tomorrows -
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War is not the best way of settling differences; however, it is the only way of preventing their being settled for you. G.K. Chesterton *** Creating is the essence of life. ~ Caesar ** There is all the difference in the the world between forgiving and excusing. ~ CSLewis +++ “The trouble with the world is that the Stupid are so Confident while the Intelligent are full of Doubt.” ~ Bertrand Russell +++ “He’s mad that trusts in the tameness of a wolf.” Shakespeare *** Liberal doctrines are less scientifically provable than the story of Noah's Ark. Ann Coulter. *** We've got a duty to die and get out of the way with all of our machines and artificial hearts and everything else like that and let the other society, our kids, build a reasonable life. Richard Lamm. *** Where we once had a few big rules, now we need an encyclopedia of little rules. Chesterson. *** The main thing that endears the United Nations to member governments, and so enables it to survive, is its proven capacity to fail. You can safely appeal to the United Nations in the comfortable certainty that it will let you down. Conor Cruise O'Brien *** Women should not be allowed to serve in the military. They are too vicious. Ann Coulter. *** I never understood why it was that when a man goes wrong it is called “misfortune,” while if a woman goes wrong it was called “shame." Cole Younger, outlaw. *** When school children start paying union dues, that's when I'll start representing the interests of school children. Albert Shanker. *** You can't get rid of poverty by giving people money. -- P.J O'Rourke *** I have no further use for America. I wouldn't go back there if Jesus Christ was President. Charlie Chaplin *** I would rather have a nod from an American, than a snuff-box from an emperor. Lord Byron *** There is nothing the matter with Americans except their ideals. The real American is all right; it is the ideal American who is all wrong. Gilbert K. Chesterton *** In the beginning of a change, the Patriot is a scarce man, Brave, Hated, and Scorned. When his cause succeeds however, the timid join him, For then it costs nothing to be a Patriot. -- Mark Twain *** Once upon a time, government budgets were balanced, our money was sound, the streets were safe, and taxes imposed by all levels of government took less than 10% of our income. -- Harry Browne *** Most people, sometime in their lives, stumble across truth. Most jump up, brush themselves off, and hurry on about their business as if nothing had happened. -- Sir Winston Churchill *** To disarm the people (is) the best and most effectual way to enslave them... -- George Mason *** The unexamined life is not worth living." - Socrates ** The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched." - Helen Keller ** Don't let yesterday use up too much of today. ~ Will Rogers ** "Women who strive to be equal to men lack ambition." - Anony **
If you've got them by the balls, their hearts and minds will follow. -- attributed to John Wayne *** The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we want shoes. -- Jonathan Swift *** We are not abandoning our convictions, our philosophy or traditions, nor do we urge anyone to abandon theirs. -- Mikhail Gorbachev *** If we can't legislate what goes on in the bedroom, why can't I hide money from the IRS under my mattress? Ann Coulter. *** Humans have rights under any and all conditions. KATHY KASTEN *** “If we accept that a mother can kill even her own child, how can we tell other people not to kill each other? … Any country that accepts abortion is not teaching its people to love, but to use any violence to get what they want.” Mother Teresa. *** If you wish to avoid foreign collision, you had better abandon the ocean. Henry Clay *** The arts of power and its minions are the same in all countries. It marks its victim, denounces it, and excites the public odium and the public hatred, to conceal its own abuses and encroachments. Henry Clay. *** Marriages can die from a lack of spiritual nourishment. James E. Faust. ** "A thing worth having is a thing worth cheating for." - W. C. Fields ** You can't find good help these days, and if you ever do; they want to be paid. ** I didn't promise I'd be good, I promised I'd be here. Marie Fitzpatrick ** Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by rule. ~Samuel Butler ** Life is just a series of trying to make up your mind. ~Timothy Fuller ** I hope life isn’t a big joke, because I don’t get it. ~Jack Handey ** I never worked a day in my life. It was all fun! - Thomas Edison "If we did all the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves." --Thomas Edison ** It is never too late to be what you might have been." --George Eliott ** I do not believe in the God of theology who rewards good and punishes evil. Albert Einstein ** Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking. Albert Einstein ** The greater danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we hit it." ~ Michelangelo ** Earn your success based on service to others, not at the expense of others. H. Jackson Brown, Jr ** Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson ** We will either find a way or make one. - Hannibal It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer. ~ Albert Einstein ** The word impossible is not in my dictionary. - Napoleon Bonaparte ** It's hard to beat a person who never gives up. - Babe Ruth ** "I never learned from a man who agreed with me." - Robert A. Heinlein ** Education is a method whereby one acquires a higher grade of prejudices. - Laurence J. Peter *** Each new generation of parents makes the very same mistakes their parents made sure they missed. That's why no generation of parents is ever more than half right. ~ Lin Stone *** The essence of childhood, of course, is play, which my friends and I did endlessly on streets that we reluctantly shared with traffic. ~ Bill Cosby |
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