Archived Quotes from June 2020
I believe in both my right and my responsibility to work to create a world that doesn't glorify violence and war, but where we seek different solutions to our common problems. I believe that these days, daring to voice your opinion, daring to find out information from a variety of sources, can be an act of courage. ~~ Jody Williams
Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel in order to be tough. ~~ Franklin D. Roosevelt
You cannot sink someone else's end of the boat and still keep your own afloat. ~~ Charles Brower
Forget conventionalisms, forget what the world will say, whether you are in your place or out of your place; think your best thoughts, speak your best words, do your best works. ~~ Susan B. Anthony
What bothers me about the journalistic tendency to reduce unmanageable reality to self-contained, movie-like little dramas is not just that we falsify when we do this. It is also that we really miss the good story. ~~ Meg Greenfield
There is a tendency around the world today to copy TV culture. And that is not always a virtue. ~~ Francis Arinze
True friendship glows best when the world around you is dark. ~~ Denise Martin
The great always introduce us to facts; small men introduce us always to themselves. ~~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Don't take any recipe on faith. There are some hostile recipes in this world. ~~ Peg Bracken
A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle. ~~ Father James Keller
No matter how cynical I get, I can't keep up. ~~ Lily Tomlin
You know that being an American is more than a matter of where your parents came from. It is a belief that all men are created free and equal and that everyone deserves an even break. ~~ Harry S Truman
The worst pain in the world goes beyond the physical. Even further beyond any other emotional pain one can feel. It is the betrayal of a friend. ~~ Heather Brewer
It takes courage to lead a life. Any life. ~~ Erica Jong
Magical country, full of memories and dreams,
My youth lies in the crevices of your hills;
Here in the silk of your grass by the edge of the meadows,
Every flower and leaf has its memories of you.
~~ Katherine Tynan Hinkson
The real test in golf and in life is not in keeping out of the rough, but in getting out after we are in. ~~ Joe Moore
When two trains approach each other at a crossing, they shall both come to a full stop and neither shall start up until the other has gone. ~~ Kansas State law
Go on a diet, quit smoking, give up alcohol--but not all at once. ~~ Mignon McLaughlin
When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace. ~~ Jimi Hendrix
Families break up when people take hints you don't intend and miss hints you do intend. ~~ Robert Frost
Common sense is like deodorant. The people who need it most never use it. ~~ Bill Murray
We watch so many TV shows and movies about jaded or corrupt policemen, we forget [there are people who] join the police force to do good, and they really care about that. ~~ Enrico Colantoni