Most of mans problems upon this planet, in the long history of the race, have been met and solved either partially or as a whole by experiment based on common sense and carried out with courage. – Frances Perkins
It is remarkable that this people, though unarmed, dares attack an armed foe the infantry defy the cavalry, and by their activity and courage generally prove victors. – Giraldus Cambrensis
In the desert, I had discovered the West of my imagination, my childhood canyon infinitely magnified. I went there for inspiration and insight. – Julene Bair, The Ogallala Road: A Memoir of Love and Reckoning, 2014
Take off all your clothes and walk down the street waving a machete and firing an Uzi, and terrified citizens will phone the police and report, “There’s a naked person outside!” – Mike Nichols