An extreme rigor is sure to arm everything against it.

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.

Those who don't know history are destined to repeat it.

The hottest fires in hell are reserved for those who remain neutral in times of moral crisis.

Silence is golden but when it threatens your freedom it's yellow.

In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority.

It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare.

When you fear something, learn as much about it as you can. Knowledge conquers fear.

Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in true economy.

The Fate of good men who refuse to become involved in politics is to be ruled by evil men.

90% problems of line can be solved by dropping them and remaining 10& can be solved by effort

My dad farmed, my granddad was a farmer. I wanted to be a farmer.

If any sort of error is inexcusable, it's an incorrect phone number. One of the cardinal rules of copy editing is that every phone number published must be checked.

Every memory was valuable; even the bad ones.

We all understand what we signed up for, but then again, you don't want this to be a game that puts people in wheelchairs at age 40.

Knowledge without mileage equals bullshit.

For the professors in the academy, for the humanities generally, misery is more amenable to analysis: happiness is a harder nut to crack.

Move fast and break things. Unless you are breaking stuff, you are not moving fast enough.

To be idle requires a strong sense of personal identity.

If you have ability in a certain area, why not capitalize on it and improve it and use it?