Destony Quotes

Beware the man of a single book.

Education is the ability to listen to almost anything

without losing your temper or your self confidence.

Dreams are worth pursuing,

even when the odds are against you.

My wife's jealousy is getting ridiculous.

The other day she looked at my calendar

and wanted to know who May was.

Humor must not professedly teach

and it must not professedly preach,

but it must do both if it would live forever.

When something is important enough,

you do it even if the odds are not in your favor

A brave heart may be trusted to do its best.

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery,

I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.

Apparently there is nothing that cannot happen today.

The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.

The search after the great men is the dream of youth,

and the most serious occupation of manhood.

People love chopping wood.

In this activity one immediately sees results.

There were times when I had great times with my brothers,

pillow fights and things,

but I was,

used to always cry from loneliness.

Civilization is a stream with banks.

The stream is sometimes filled with blood from people killing,

stealing, shouting, while on the banks,

unnoticed, people build homes, raise children,

sing songs, write poetry, and generally live.

To be yourself in a world

that is constantly trying to make you something else

is the greatest accomplishment.

If ever time should come,

when vain and aspiring men shall possess

the highest seats in government,

our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots.

The reason why the world lacks unity,

and lies broken and in heaps,

is, because man is disunited with himself.

Anything that won't sell,

I don't want to invent.

Its sale is proof of utility,

and utility is success.

If I were not a physicist,

I would probably be a musician.

I often think in music.

I live my daydreams in music.

I see my life in terms of music.

It always seems impossible until it's done.