Of Quotations

The only sure weapon against bad ideas is better ideas.

Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought.

Know thy self, know thy enemy. A thousand battles, a thousand victories.

Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.

Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.

Any idea, plan, or purpose may be placed in the mind through repetition of thought.

Did you ever stop to think, and forget to start again?

Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire, called conscience.

I wish that every human life might be pure transparent freedom.

We have it in our power to begin the world over again.

Surfing soothes me, it's always been a kind of Zen experience for me. The ocean is so magnificent, peaceful, and awesome. The rest of the world disappears for me when I'm on a wave.

Today the theory of evolution is about as much open to doubt as the theory that the earth goes round the sun.

The theory of evolution by cumulative natural selection is the only theory we know of that is in principle capable of explaining the existence of organized complexity.

At the ballet, you really feel like you're in the presence of something outside the rest of your life. Higher than the rest of your life.

Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.

The Constitution is the guide which I never will abandon.

If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.

Laws made by common consent must not be trampled on by individuals.

Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.

If you are cold, tea will warm you; if you are too heated, it will cool you; If you are depressed, it will cheer you; If you are excited, it will calm you.

An artist's sphere of influence is the world.

Marxism is an interpretation of history which explains the progress of society as a product of the expansion of the forces of production of the material means of life, that is, the development of economy.

The dead of midnight is the noon of thought.

I’m potentially worth a lot of money, but I’ve got to go and make something that’s worth a lot of money.

Whether I'm acting or making it, at the end of the day it's telling the story; action, drama. You want the audience to feel it - the story, the action, the scene, or a particular shot. I just keep working on crafting my art, on how to make action movies.

Also, there are seats in the diner that always fall off the table. If you have a scene where you're packing up at the end of the day and putting them on the table, they just slide off.

Prison widens your circle of friends. In my stand-up, I can now talk about things that no one else has the right to touch.

In every aspect of life, have a game plan, and then do your best to achieve it.

The freedom to convert is fundamental to freedom of religion.

Without free speech no search for truth is possible... no discovery of truth is useful.

At the end of the day, if you're a professional athlete in track and field you are the CEO of your company.

The cost of living is going up and the chance of living is going down.

The scientist only imposes two things, namely truth and sincerity, imposes them upon himself and upon other scientists.

Free speech is meant to protect unpopular speech. Popular speech, by definition, needs no protection.

My early childhood memories center around this typical American country store and life in a small American town, including 4th of July celebrations marked by fireworks and patriotic music played from a pavilion bandstand.

We've got to be judged by how we do in times of crisis

The definition of success to me is not necessarily a price tag, not fame, but having a good life, and being able to say I did the right thing at the end of the day.

It's best not to stare at the sun during an eclipse.

Freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and freedom of religion all have a double aspect - freedom of thought and freedom of action.

To good and true love, fear is forever affixed.

When a truth is necessary, the reason for it can be found by analysis, that is, by resolving it into simpler ideas and truths until the primary ones are reached. It is this way that in mathematics speculative theorems and practical canons are reduced by analysis to definitions, axioms and postulates.

My life is so full of surprises, nothing surprises me any more.

I wish to be a martyr, and I don't fear death.

In complex trains of thought signs are indispensable.

The Romans were not inventors of the supporting arch, but its extended use in vaults and intersecting barrel shapes and domes is theirs.

One of the unsung freedoms that go with a free press is the freedom not to read it.

When you expect things to happen - strangely enough - they do happen.

If you are going to build something in the air it is always better to build castles than houses of cards.

Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably ruined.

Being in control of your life and having realistic expectations about your day-to-day challenges are the keys to stress management, which is perhaps the most important ingredient to living a happy, healthy and rewarding life.

An outsider's point of view is always handy.

I have a tendency to sabotage relationships; I have a tendency to sabotage everything. Fear of success, fear of failure, fear of being afraid. Useless, good-for-nothing thoughts.

But especially if you have the wrong people within your circle. Truthfully, at the end of the day, no one cares about you in this business whether they are your agent or your manager or your publicist.

At the end of the day I have always seen the end of my relationships as a personal failure. There is nothing ever pretty in saying goodbye.

Labor Day is seen as a day of rest for many hardworking Americans.

There can be differences of opinion without there being personal differences.

I am Gabrielle Anwar: mother, lover, daughter, sister, friend, and creator in the pursuit of happiness.

I think any new technology that helps connect and create social cohesion is great. But at the end of the day, you and I are analog creatures. We have to take 'oohs and aahs' and convert them to 0s and 1s and then convert them back to 'oohs and aahs.' Narratives that work in social networks are the exchange of stories that are told well.

The aims of life are the best defense against death.

At the end of the day, acting is all about telling lies. We are professional imposters and the audience accept that. We've made this deal that we tell you a tale and a pack of lies, but there will be a truth in it. You may enjoy it, or it will disturb you.

Freedom of speech is always under attack by Fascist mentality, which exists in all parts of the world, unfortunately.

There is no pot of gold at the end of the rainbow

In 1860 a total eclipse of the sun was visible in British America.

At the end of the day, there are people out there that want to see you fail.

So that's the dissenter's hope: that they are writing not for today but for tomorrow.

Benjamin Franklin said there were only two things certain in life: death and taxes. But I'd like to add a third certainty: trash. And while some in this room might want to discuss reducing taxes, I want to talk about reducing trash.

At the end of the day, I remain a country boy inside.

Seeds of faith are always within us; sometimes it takes a crisis to nourish and encourage their growth.

I have no fear of death. More important, I don't fear life.

Any man worth his salt will stick up for what he believes right, but it takes a slightly better man to acknowledge instantly and without reservation that he is in error.

I was ecstatic they re-named 'French Fries' as 'Freedom Fries'. Grown men and women in positions of power in the U.S. government showing themselves as idiots.

There's nothing more irresistible to a man than a woman who's in love with him.

Modern society, based as it is on the division of labor, can be preserved only under conditions of lasting peace.

You always end up getting involved in things because of, you know, the strange things your life brings you into contact with.

More is required of public officials than slogans and handshakes and press releases. More is required. We must hold ourselves strictly accountable. We must provide the people with a vision of the future.

At the end of the day, tech workers are not robots: they feel, they think, they have values.

Ultimately it's a leap of faith and a leap of imagination to put yourself back in time into those conditions and situations and see how you would react.

The process of my transformation came to a head with my discovery of St. Francis of Assisi during a pilgrimage I went on with a scout troop from my school.

Relish everything that's inside of you, the imperfections, the darkness, the richness and light and everything. And that makes for a full life.

Every performer can get better. It's not about staying with what God gave you and doing nothing with it for the rest of your life.

The facts of life are very stubborn things.

I am a friend of life, at 80 life tells me to behave like a woman and not like an old woman.

Faith Words arent just mere positive affirmations; they open your life up to the supernatural power of God.

This is the United States of America. It means we respond to our fellow Americans in times of crisis and emergency and disaster.

Better a thousandfold abuse of free speech than denial of free speech.

Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human dignity.

The world is given to me only once, not one existing and one perceived. Subject and object are only one. The barrier between them cannot be said to have broken down as a result of recent experience in the physical sciences, for this barrier does not exist.

I love being irreverent. But I hate being irrelevant. I love being irreverent because at the end of the day your actions belie your intentions.

Whats in the movie compared to what we shot is the tip of the iceberg.

We're just beginning to learn the importance of music in our society.

Peace of mind comes from not wanting to change others.

When I was little I thought, isn't it nice that everybody celebrates on my birthday? Because it's July 4th.

At the end of the day, we must go forward with hope and not backward by fear and division.

Medicine, the only profession that labors incessantly to destroy the reason for its own existence.

We are all inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others, by their acts.

My expectations of other people, I double them on myself.

On Monday mornings I am dedicated to the proposition that all men are created jerks.

At the end of the day, you're responsible for yourself and your actions and that's all you can control. So rather than be frustrated with what you can't control, try to fix the things you can.

Man is pre-eminently endowed with the power of voluntarily and consciously determining his own point of view.

People in positions of power and privilege have a duty to perform at a higher level. If not them, then who?