Flute Quotes

Every known fact in natural science

was divined by the presentiment of somebody,

before it was actually verified.

Heroism on command, senseless violence,

and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism

how passionately I hate them!

Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.

Why are we,

as a nation so obsessed

with foreign things?

Is it a legacy of

our colonial years?

We want foreign television sets.

We want foreign shirts.

We want foreign technology.

Why this obsession with

everything imported?

You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow

by evading it today.

Public sentiment is everything.

With public sentiment,

nothing can fail.

Without it,

nothing can succeed.

A man builds a fine house;

and now he has a master,

and a task for life: he is to furnish,

watch, show it,

and keep it in repair,

the rest of his days.

History is written by those who think and reflect on it.

I've always been a fan of the underdog.

I don't think you ever stop giving,

I really don't,

I think it's an on,

going process,

And it's not just about,

being able to write a check,

It's being able to touch somebody's life.

I’m doing you a favor by telling you the truth.

I get no respect.

The way my luck is running,

if I was a politician I would be honest.

It stands to the everlasting credit of science

that by acting on the human mind

it has overcome man's insecurity

before himself and before nature.

I like to be unpredictable.

We are all Republicans,

we are all Federalists.

Courage starts with showing up and letting ourselves be seen.

I never had a policy;

I have just tried to do my very best each and every day.

The best way to preserve liberty is to be vigilant.

When I see children,

I see the face of God.

That's why I love them so much.

That's what I see.

Man suffers only because he takes seriously

what the gods made for fun.