559 Followers 757 FollowingOne thing about my Aunt Nadie She was gruff on the outside, but if you ever needed something, like a spanking or a scolding, she'd give it to you.
672 Followers 987 FollowingГлядя на множество воздвигнутых статуй, Катон Старший сказал: «А обо мне пусть лучше спрашивают, почему Катону нет памятника, чем почему ему стоит памятник».
592 Followers 514 FollowingPeople move forward into the future out of the way they comprehend the past. When we don't understand something in our past, we are therefore crippled.
582 Followers 713 FollowingThe lightning-bug is brilliant, but he hasn't any mind He stumbles through existence with his head-light on behind. - from The Lightning-Bug
579 Followers 774 FollowingWhy cross an ocean when you can cross a river Why should we sail to Washington when we can meet right away 10 miles from here (On Middle East peace initiative)
586 Followers 709 FollowingThey were so strong in their beliefs that there came a time when it hardly mattered what exactly those beliefs were; they all fused into a single stubbornness.
578 Followers 771 FollowingAnimals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men but their wisdom is confined to a few particulars, and lies in a very narrow compass.
592 Followers 683 FollowingIf it turns out that there is a God, I don't think that he's evil. But the worst that you can say about him is that basically he's an underachiever.
571 Followers 497 FollowingAn intense anticipation itself transforms possibility into reality our desires being often but precursors of the things which we are capable of performing.
626 Followers 502 FollowingTo what purpose should I trouble myself in searching out the secrets of the stars, having death or slavery continually before my eyes?
583 Followers 702 FollowingAs far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.
633 Followers 755 FollowingI looked always outside of myself to see what I could make the world give me instead of looking within myself to see what was there.
613 Followers 501 FollowingYou see, in life, lots of people know what to do, but few people actually do what they know. Knowing is not enough You must take action.