For people who live on expectations, to face up to their realization is something of an ordeal. – Elizabeth Bowen Category: Miscellaneous
No man thoroughly understands a truth until he has contended against it. – Ralph Waldo Emerson Category: Miscellaneous
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail. – Benjamin Franklin (Thank you, Kyle.) Category: Miscellaneous
A little learning is not a dangerous thing to one who does not mistake it for a great deal. – William Allen White Category: Miscellaneous
Of course its true: the public want to see young people – young people are the people who go to the cinema. Its a sad fact of life, but youve got to accept it and not whine about it. – Joan Collins Category: sad
Over and over, we hear politicians say they cant spend our tax dollars on environmental protection when the economy is so fragile. – David Suzuki Category: environmental
A healthy democracy requires a decent society it requires that we are honorable, generous, tolerant and respectful. – Charles W. Pickering Category: Politics
Books — the best antidote against the marsh-gas of boredom and vacuity. – George Steiner Category: Books
