Quotes

"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." ~Dr. Seuss

 

"But a short time elapsed after the death of the great reformer of the Jewish religion, before his principles were departed from by those who professed to be his special servants, and perverted into an engine for enslaving mankind, and aggrandizing their oppressors in Church and State."--Thomas Jefferson (in a letter to S. Kercheval, 1810)

 

"Laws for the liberal education of the youth, especially of the lower class of the people, are so extremely wise and useful, that, to a humane and generous mind, no expense for this purpose would be thought extravagant". -John Adams, Thoughts on Government, 1776

 

‎"Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires." ~ John Steinbeck


‎"A poor man would rather protect the possiblity of becoming rich than face the reality of being forever poor." - John Dickinson, delegate of Pennsylvania, in the musical 1776

 

‎"People who believe in God don't need proof of his existence, and they certainly don't want evidence to the contrary." ~ Ricky Gervais

 

If at first you dont' Succeed, Give up, It was never going to be worth it!

Peter Sellers (Two way Stretch 1959)

 

"Only the guy who isn't rowing has time to rock the boat".
--Jean-Paul Sartre

 

Hence the saying....Up the creek without a paddle

 

‎"As Mankind becomes more liberal, they will be more apt to allow that all those who conduct themselves as worthy members of the community are equally entitled to the protections of civil government. I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberality.” ~ George Washington

 

Life!

" The difference between School and Life? In School, you are taught a lesson and then given a test, in Life! You are given a test, that teaches you a lesson. "


'Tom Bodett'