Archived Quotes

In a time of deceit,

telling the truth is a revolutionary act.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness;

only light can do that.

Hate cannot drive out hate;

only love can do that.

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.

There are several good protections against temptation,

but the surest is cowardice.

I try to buy stock in businesses

that are so wonderful that an idiot can run them.

I attribute my success to this

I never gave or took any excuse

Florence Nightingale

Humanity appreciates truth about as much as a squirrel appreciates silver.

The gift of fantasy has meant more to me

than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge.

Quality is not an act,

it is a habit

My dad was a tough guy,

but he was also a very funny guy.

Everything that I love is behind those gates.

We have elephants, and giraffes, and crocodiles,

and every kind of tigers and lions.

And

and we have bus loads of kids,

who don't get to see those things.

They come up sick children, and enjoy it.

Our defense is in the preservation of the spirit which prizes

liberty as a heritage of all men, in all lands, everywhere.

Destroy this spirit and you have planted

the seeds of despotism around your own doors.

Children are all foreigners.

Let me define a leader.

He must have

vision and passion

not be afraid of any problem.

Instead, he should know

how to defeat it.

most importantly,

he must work with integrity.

If it’s flipping hamburgers at McDonald’s,

be the best hamburger flipper in the world.

My wife wants sex in the back of the car

and she wants me to drive.

The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.

One may say the eternal mystery of the world

is its comprehensibility.

In order for the light to shine so brightly,

the darkness must be present.

What people say,

what people do,

and what they say they do are entirely different things.