Myths and creeds are heroic struggles to comprehend the truth in the world. – Ansel Adams Category: Miscellaneous
The passion to get ahead is sometimes born of the fear lest we be left behind. – Eric Hoffer, The Passionate State of Mind, 1954 Category: Miscellaneous
It is not always by plugging away at a difficulty and sticking to it that one overcomes it; often it is by working on the one next to it. Some things and some people have to be approached obliquely, at an angle. – André Gide, Journals, 26 October 1924 Category: Miscellaneous
I dont believe in pessimism. If something doesnt come up the way you want, forge ahead. If you think its going to rain, it will. – Clint Eastwood Category: Pessimism
Well the wedding in the words of the Archbishop of Canterbury was a fairy tale and there was a huge public impress, investment of goodwill, affection and indeed money in this Institution. It was a huge success at the time. – Anthony Holden Category: wedding
The most important political office is that of the private citizen. – Louis Brandeis Category: Election Day