Geniuses are justifiably contemptuous of the opinions of their inferiors.

The Army of Northern Virginia was never defeated. It merely wore itself out whipping the enemy.

Who said I was wise? I’m a professional bad example. You can learn a lot by watching me. Or listening to me. Either one.

I don't think of myself as a lion. You might as well, though, I have a mighty roar.

You know, with the exception of one deadly and unpredictable midget, this girl is the smallest cargo I've ever had to transport. Yet by far the most troublesome. Does that seem right to you?

**** it, holler them across.

A confidence man knows he’s lying; that limits his scope. But a successful shaman ropes himself first; he believes what he says — and such belief is contagious; there is no limit to his scope.

Morality is your agreement with yourself to abide by your own rules.

Move thy tongue, For silence is a sign of discontent.

Even though men and women are different in our thinking, we all share the need and desire for compassion, compliments, and companionship.

We are all sinners who have been saved by Grace. We have not been saved from sinning, but we have been redeemed despite it".~ R. Alan Woods [2012]

A second advantage of static factory methods is that, unlike constructors, they are not required to create a new object each time they're invoked.

Each imagining himself to be the first last and only alone, whereas he is neither first last nor last nor only not alone in a series originating in and repeated to infinity.

We need more men with the guts, with the courage, with the strength, with the moral integrity to break our complicit silence and challenge each other and stand with women and not against them.

Very often, organizations are inflexible because there is too little communication between functions; they are too segregated.

Many white Americans of good will have never connected bigotry with economic exploitation. They have deplored prejudice but tolerated or ignored economic injustice.

Before I began seeing a therapist, I lost a few iPhones due to chucking them across a room.

At least the fundamentalists haven't tried to dilute their message. Their faith is exposed for what it is for all to see.