Quote (#496)

Upon the subject of education, not presuming to dictate any
plan or system respecting it, I can only say that I view it
as the most important subject which we as a people may be
engaged in. That everyone may receive at least a moderate
education appears to be an objective of vital importance.
- Abraham Lincoln

The most exhausting thing
in life is being insincere.
- Anne Morrow Lindbergh

A democracy is more than a form of government;
it is primarily a mode of associated living,
of conjoint communicated experiences.
- John Dewey

"Life without liberty is
like a body without spirit."
- Kahlil Gibran

"Change alone is eternal, perpetual, immortal."
- Arthur Schopenhauer

"All theory, dear friend, is gray, but the
golden tree of life springs ever green."
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Favorite Quotes

There will come a time when you believe everything
is finished. That'll be the beginning.
- Louis L'Amour

"When love and skill
work together, expect
a masterpiece."
- John Ruskin

"Perpetual optimism is
a force multiplier."
- Colin Powell

Talent hits a target no one else can hit;
Genius hits a target no one else can see.
- Arthur Schopenhauer

Every time you pick up a grain of sand you
hold a universe in the palm of your hand.
- Dr. Lao, "7 Faces of Dr. Lao"

Albus Dumbledore: "Welcome to a new year at Hogwarts!
Before we begin our banquet, I would like to say a few
words. And here they are: Nitwit! Blubber! Oddment! Tweak!"
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, J.K. Rowling.

Quotaria

"My interest is in the future
because I am going to spend
the rest of my life there."
- Charles Kettering

"The sky is the part of creation
in which nature has done for the
sake of pleasing man."
- John Ruskin

"The most erroneous stories are those
we think we know best - and therefore
never scrutinize or question."
- Stephen Jay Gould

"Every nation ridicules other
nations, and all are right."
- Arthur Schopenhauer

"I haven't spoken to my wife in years.
I didn't want to interrupt her."
- Rodney Dangerfield

"Research is the process of going up
alleys to see if they are blind."
- Marston Bates