Their Quotes

For truly it is to be noted, that children's plays are not sports, and should be deemed as their most serious actions.

Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its shortness.

Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say for one that I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem.

Women think with their whole bodies and they see things as a whole more than men do.

People who have no hold over their process of thinking are likely to be ruined by liberty of thought. If thought is immature, liberty of thought becomes a method of converting men into animals.

My atheism, like that of Spinoza, is true piety towards the universe and denies only gods fashioned by men in their own image, to be servants of their human interests.

I guess I'm pretty much of a lone wolf. I don't say I don't like people at all, but, to tell you the truth, I only like it then if I have a chance to look deep into their hearts and their minds.

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

In mid-life the man wants to see how irresistible he still is to younger women. How they turn their hearts to stone and more or less commit a murder of their marriage I just don't know, but they do.

Human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.

If advertisers spent the same amount of money on improving their products as they do on advertising then they wouldn't have to advertise them.

Though men are apt to flatter and exalt themselves with their great achievements, yet these are, in truth, very often owing not so much to design as chance.

Politicians will not put forth programs aimed at the problems of poor blacks while their turnout remains so low.

Both young children and old people have a lot of time on their hands. That's probably why they get along so well.

Liberals seem to assume that, if you don't believe in their particular political solutions, then you don't really care about the people that they claim to want to help.

No one succeeds without effort... Those who succeed owe their success to perseverance.

It is not enough to understand, or to see clearly. The future will be shaped in the arena of human activity, by those willing to commit their minds and their bodies to the task.

There's no doubt that the Christian right has gone to bed with the more conservative elements of the Republican Party. And there's been a melding in their goals when it comes to the separation of church and state. I've always believed in the separation of church and state.

Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a poor substitute for life.

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.

If women believed in their husbands they would be a good deal happier and also a good deal more foolish.

The fact is that people are good, Give people affection and security, and they will give affection and be secure in their feelings and their behavior.

Many have fought for and even lost their lives to end segregation, to win the right to vote. It disappoints me to now have to cajole people to register and to vote.

All those who offer an opinion on any doubtful point should first clear their minds of every sentiment of dislike, friendship, anger or pity.

Entrepreneurs and their small enterprises are responsible for almost all the economic growth in the United States.

The eyes of others our prisons; their thoughts our cages.

When red-haired people are above a certain social grade their hair is auburn.

All too many Muslims fail to grasp Islam, which teaches one to be lenient towards others and to understand their value systems, knowing that these are tolerated by Islam as a religion.

Help others achieve their dreams and you will achieve yours.

It's not only children who grow. Parents do too. As much as we watch to see what our children do with their lives, they are watching us to see what we do with ours. I can't tell my children to reach for the sun. All I can do is reach for it, myself.