The destroyer of weeds, thistles and thorns is a benefactor, whether he soweth grain or not. – Robert Ingersoll, inscription to Volume I, Collected Works
The way you deal with a scare is the way you deal with a laugh. The timing has to be perfect. When youre dealing with fear or laughter – emotions that happen spontaneously – you hope its working. But in the moment, you really have no idea. – Patrick Wilson
John Daltons records, carefully preserved for a century, were destroyed during the World War II bombing of Manchester. It is not only the living who are killed in war. – Isaac Asimov
The British were indeed very far superior to the Americans in every respect necessary to military operations, except the revivified courage and resolution, the result of sudden success after despair. – Mercy Otis Warren
