"You must learn from the mistakes of others. You can't possibly live long enough to make them all yourself." -- Sam Levenson
"I am prepared to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter." -- Sir Winston Churchill
“Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.” ~ Henry Rollins
"The victorious army seek victors and then does battle the defeated army does battle and then seeks victory" SUN ZU
"I find that a great part of the information I have was acquired by looking up something and finding something else on the way". Franklin P. Adams
Seeing ourselves as others see us would probably confirm our worst suspicions about them. Franklin P. Adams
"Elections are won by men and women chiefly because most people vote against somebody rather than for somebody". Franklin P. Adams, Nods and Becks, 1944
The Constitution gives every American the inalienable right to make a damn fool of himself. John Ciardi
The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts. Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790), Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759