Pary Quotes

Being no bigot myself to any mode of worship,

I am disposed to endulge the professors of,

Christianity in the church,

that road to heaven which to them,

shall seem the most direct plainest easiest and least liable to exception.

There is a charm about the forbidden

that makes it unspeakably desirable.

No people is wholly civilized

where a distinction is drawn between

stealing an office and stealing a purse.

I hope I can be as good

of a father to my son

as my dad was to me.

The grass is not always greener on the other side.

It’s greener where you water it.

You’re never as good as you think you are when you win,

and you’re never as bad as you think you are when you lose.

The future is a function of the present,

not a prediction of the past.

You are an aperture through

which the universe is looking at and exploring itself.

The most courageous act is still to think for yourself.

Aloud.

My first day in Chicago,

September 4 1983,

I set foot in this city,

and just walking down the street,

it was like roots,

like the motherland.

I knew I belonged here.

Knowing is not enough; we must apply.

Willing is not enough; we must do

The greatest education in the world is watching the masters at work.

Innovation distinguishes between

a leader and a follower.

I am naturally anti slavery.

If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong.

I can not remember when I did not so think and feel.

Greatness is measured by how you handle adversity.

We should take care not to make the intellect our goal;

it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality.

It was that which gave promise that in due time

the weights should be lifted from the shoulders of all men,

and that all should have an equal chance.

This is the sentiment embodied in that Declaration of Independence.

Investing is simple,

but not easy.

I very rarely think in words at all.

A thought comes,

and I may try to express it in words afterwards.

I do believe that God blessed me in life with a wonderful family, a successful career, and a loving marriage, and remain thankful for that blessing.