They that give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty or safety. — Benjamin Franklin
THERE ARE THREE KINDS OF PEOPLE
Those who MAKE things happen.
Those who WATCH things happen.
And those who WONDER what happened.
Overreach is a side effect of incompetence.
Kim Jong-Il told Madeline Albright nine years ago: “I know I’m an object of criticism in the world, but if I’m being talked about, I must be doing the right things.”
In a place where there is only one thought, there is no thinking at all. – Einstein
Well done is better than well said – Benjamin Franklin
When everyone thinks alike, everyone is likely to be wrong. – Humphrey Neill
The only true wisdom is to know that you know nothing. – Socrates
He who every morning plans the transaction of the day and follows out that plan, carries a thread that will guide him through the maze of the most busy life. But where no plan is laid, where the disposal of time is surrendered merely to the chance of incidence, chaos will soon reign. – Victor Hugo
I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody. – Bill Cosby
When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is probably wrong. – Arthur C. Clarke
If I’d asked my customers what they wanted, they’d have said a faster horse. – Henry Ford
One of the painful things about our time is that those who feel certainty are stupid, and those with any imagination and understanding are filled with doubt and indecision. – Bertrand Russell
Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge. – Charles Darwin
A man with a surplus can control circumstances, but a man without a surplus is controlled by them, and often has no opportunity to exercise judgment. -Harvey S. Firestone
Human beings have an inalienable right to invent themselves; when that right is pre-empted it is called brain-washing. -Germaine Greer
I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor. -Henry David Thoreau
Knowledge can be communicated, but wisdom cannot. A man can find it, he can live it, he can be filled and sustained by it, but he cannot utter or teach it. – Hermann Hesse
The river flows at its own sweet will, but the flood is bound in the two banks. If it were not thus bound, its freedom would be wasted. – Vinoba Bhave
Have no fear of perfection – you’ll never reach it. – Salvador Dali