Quotes July 12, 2022

“One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.”
Elbert Hubbard
 
 
 
 
“The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.”
H.P. Lovecraft
 
 
 
 
“The clash of ideas is the sound of freedom.”
Lady Bird Johnson
 
 
 
 
“We realize the importance of our voices only when we are silenced.”
Malala Yousafzai
 
 
 
 
Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.
John F. Kennedy – 1917-1945 – Politician-35th President of the United States
 
 
 
 
The power for creating a better future is contained in the present moment: You create a good future by creating a good present.
Eckhart Tolle – Spiritual Teacher-Author
 
 
 
 
It is always darkness before delight!
Delmore Schwartz,
poet
 
 
 
 
My least favorite phrase in the English language is ‘I don’t care.’
James Caan,
actor
1940-2022
 
 
 
 
“It’s all about sharing them with people and having a laugh in this cruel, awful world we live in.”
Carl Baldwin, co-author of Black Velvet Masterpieces and curator of the ​​Velveteria museum
 
 
 
 
“May we train up a Race of Heros who shall defend the Rights of Society against the Encroachments of Every despotic power that shall in future attempt to curtail them.”
Mercy Otis Warren
 
 
 
 
Some editors are failed writers, but so are most writers.
T.S. Eliot
 
 
 
 
Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.
John Wooden
 
 
 
 
Time is the most valuable thing you have — and I’m not just talking about the minutes for which you’re paid.
Eli Broad,
entrepreneur, businessman, philanthropist