C. J. Dennis Quotes
Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are a good person is a little like expecting the bull not to attack you because you are a vegetarian.
UNIX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius to understand the simplicity.
Unhappy, let alone angry, religious people provide more persuasive arguments for atheism and secularism than do all the arguments of atheists.
Those who believe in nothing are very, very jealous and angry at those who believe in something.
The idea that you earn things - that you earn respect, that you earn income, responsibility. the vote, punishment... these ideas are anathema to the liberal mind.
Goodness is about character - integrity, honesty, kindness, generosity, moral courage, and the like. More than anything else, it is about how we treat other people.
To be selected was an honor, and in respect of the family member chosen to run, families held feasts and gave away prized beaver coats, quilled tobacco bags and buffalo hides.
My goal in sailing isn't to be brilliant or flashy in individual races, just to be consistent over the long run.
In a perfect world, you would be able to hold onto everyone. But It's not realistic. The changes with NYPD have been progressive and have taken the show to new levels.
If we continue to teach about tolerance and intolerance instead of good and evil, we will end up with tolerance of evil.
In my early teen years, I wanted to become a vet. That was my plan. I worked as a veterinarian's assistant for a couple of summers.
When I was a kid, we never heard of smog, ozone depletion, acid rain, green house gasses.
This life is like a swimming pool. You dive into the water, but you can't see how deep it is.
I always say you could publish rules in a newspaper and no one would follow them. The key is consistency and discipline.
Even the people who come our way look upon us in amazement, that we run only for the healing of Mother Earth
Teamplayer: Once who unites others toward a shared destiny through sharing information and ideas, empowering others and developing trust.
Whatever the Left touches-- the arts; the economy; health care; the soul; religion-- it destroys or damages
Here in Hollywood you can actually get a marriage license printed on an Etch-A-Sketch.
I wasn't thinking of competing with any artists as such, I was more thinking of being among them, and sharing thoughts with them; like sharing views, ideas, etc.
Hamas is a terrorist organization dedicated to annihilating the Jewish state. It runs a theocratic totalitarian state in Gaza, with no individual liberty, and no freedom of speech or press.
The radical right is so homophobic that they're blaming global warming on the AIDS quilt.
Active citizenship begins with an envisioning of the desired outcome and a conscious application of spiritual principles.
I learned a long time ago: You're in the entertainment business. You're not in the reality business. One has absolutely nothing to do with the other.
The easiest job in the world has to be coroner. Surgery on dead people. What's the worst thing that could happen? If everything went wrong, maybe you'd get a pulse.
As the sphere of understanding grows ever larger, necessarily the surface area of ignorance gets ever bigger
We need anything politically important rationed out like Pez: small, sweet, and coming out of a funny, plastic head.
The Tort Tax adds to the cost of everything we buy because businesses and manufacturers have to cover themselves and their employees - just in case they get sued by a greedy personal injury lawyer.
Foursquare makes maps special. We take maps that are blank and put dots on them to help you figure out what to do.
I have a resistance to change in things that I feel comfortable with and that I'm used to.
Some of the words and symbols and images from childhood will continually be part and parcel of my personality.
