Virgilia Peterson Quote – Memory Must Be Selective
“I can understand that memory must be selective, else it would choke on the glut of experience. What I cannot understand is why it selects what it does.” – Virgilia Peterson
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Emile Henry Gauvreau quote – Strange Race of People
“I was part of that strange race of people aptly described as spending their lives doing things they detest to make money they don’t want to buy things they don’t need to impress people they dislike.” – Emile Henry Gauvreau
Read moreAlbert Einstein Quote – I Should Have Become A Watchmaker
“The release of atom power has changed everything except our way of thinking. . . . The solution to this problem lies in the heart of mankind. If only I had known, I should have become a watchmaker.” – Albert Einstein
Read moreJulia Butterfly Hill quote – You already do make a difference
“The question is not “Can you make a difference?” You already do make a difference. It’s just a matter of what kind of difference you want to make during your life on this planet.” – Julia Butterfly Hill
Read moreAlbert Einstein Quote – Killing Under The Cloak Of War
“He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would fully suffice. This disgrace to civilization should be done away with at once. Heroism at command, senseless brutality, deplorable love-of-country stance, how violently I hate all this, how despicable […]
Read moreSteven Wright Quote – Everything
You can’t have everything. Where would you put it? ~ Steven Wright
Read moreJohn Steinbeck Quote – Searching For Security
“We spend our time searching for security and hate it when we get it.” – John Steinbeck
Read moreAlan Watts Quote – The World Around Us
“Increasingly, the world around us looks as if we hated it.” – Alan Watts
Read moreDwight D. Eisenhower Quote – Under The Clouds of War
“Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its […]
Read moreMary McCarthy Quote – A Realistic Decision
“If someone tells you he is going to make ‘a realistic decision,’ you immediately understand that he has resolved to do something bad.” – Mary McCarthy
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