Realizing our society as it is, without theology dogmatically telling us how we should react to it, and being humane toward that society, that is all that we're sure of.

Whenever a man does the best he can, then that is all he can do.

Harry S Truman

My father said When in doubt, castle.

Kurt Vonnegut

I couldn't claim that I have never felt the urge to explore evil, but when you descend into hell you have to be very careful.

Kathleen Raine

The phenomenon of home schooling is a wonderful example of the American can-do attitude. Growing numbers of parents have become disenchanted with government-run public schools. Many parents have simply taken matters into their own hands, literally.

Steve Forbes

Don't wait for your ship to come in, swim out to it.

Source Unknown

The two real political parties in America are the Winners and the Losers. The people don't acknowledge this. They claim membership in two imaginary parties, the Republicans and the Democrats, instead.

Kurt Vonnegut

The piano is able to communicate the subtlest universal truths by means of wood, metal and vibrating air.

Kenneth Miller

I'm an angry person, angrier than most people would imagine, I get flashes of anger. What works for me is working out when it's useful to use that anger.

Alan Alda

Emotional truths can sometimes be conveyed more effectively, more compellingly, through fiction.

Diana Ossana

A battle won is a battle which we will not acknowledge to be lost.

Marshal Ferdinand Foch

If we spoke a different language, we would perceive a somewhat different world.

Ludwig Wittgenstein, (attributed

Well, for starters, we have to do more to create demand for new technologies that can reduce our dependence on foreign oil and environmental degradation.

Sherwood Boehlert