Compare society to a boat. Her progress through the water will not depend upon the exertion of her crew, but upon the exertion devoted to propelling her. This will be lessened by any expenditure of force in fighting among themselves, or in pulling in different directions.

I have known war as few men now living know it. It's very destructiveness on both friend and foe has rendered it useless as a means of settling international disputes.

General Douglas MacArthur

The closed mind, if closed long enough, can be opened by nothing short of dynamite.

Gerald W. Johnson

One of the things that I've always thought I would like to do is to develop an environmental index. Then people can measure their own environmental performance on an index as they do in other ways.

Maurice Strong

Thou strange piece of wild nature!

Colley Cibber

Great people talk about ideas. Small people talk about other people.

Tobias S. Gibson

The greatest talents often lie buried out of sight.

Plautus

Don't tell me how hard you work. Tell me how much you get done.

James Ling

Quality in a classical Greek sense is how to live with grace and intelligence, with bravery and mercy.

Theodore White

Marriage is overdone. As long as there are people, people are going to find it interesting.

Augusten Burroughs

We need better neighbors, neighbors that care about the schools in their neighborhood whether they have kids in them or not, because they know that the health and vitality of that neighborhood depends on it.

Thomas Friedman

All my life, whenever it comes time to make a decision, I make it and forget about it.

Harry S Truman

I can't really have any friends. It's sad, really. It's lonely. But that's how I am.

Randy Moss