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Thursday, December 29, 2005

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Thursday, December 22, 2005

Wisdom and Quotations

"The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations." -- Benjamin Disraeli

Wednesday, December 21, 2005

Pauling on Science and Morality

"It is sometimes said that science has nothing to do with morality. This is wrong. Science is the search for truth, the effort to understand the world; it involves the rejection of bias, of dogma, of revelation, but not the rejection of morality." -- Linus Pauling, one of the 15 scientists chosen

via TIME Person of the Year: A Photo History, U.S. Scientists

Founder's Words from Chrysler

"I like to build things. I like to do things." -- Walter Chrysler

via TIME Person of the Year: A Photo History, Walter Chrysler

Lindy Owned the World

"I owned the world that hour as I rode over it ... free of the earth, free of the mountains, free of the clouds, but how inseparably I was bound to them." -- Charles Lindbergh

via TIME Person of the Year: A Photo History, Charles Lindbergh

Dubya on Recognizing a Hostile Regime

"Either you are with us or you are with the terrorists. From this day forward, any nation that continues to harbor or support terrorism will be regarded ... as a hostile regime." -- George W. Bush

via TIME Person of the Year: A Photo History, George W. Bush

Why Clinton Liked Sax

"I like to play saxophone because you don't inhale." -- Bill Clinton

via TIME Person of the Year: A Photo History, Bill Clinton

Famous Words from George Bush

"Read my lips — NO NEW TAXES!" -- George Bush

via TIME Person of the Year: A Photo History, George Bush

Politics and Prostitution

"Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first." -- Ronald Reagan

via TIME Person of the Year: A Photo History, Ronald Reagan

Carter on Making and Keeping Peace

"One of the most basic principles for making and keeping peace within and between nations ... is that in political, military, moral, and spiritual confrontations, there should be an honest attempt at the reconciliation of differences before resorting to combat." -- Jimmy Carter

via TIME Person of the Year: A Photo History, Jimmy Carter

Nixon Said Things that Seemed to be Untrue

"I was not lying. I said things that later on seemed to be untrue." -- Richard M. Nixon

via TIME Person of the Year: A Photo History, Richard M. Nixon

LBJ on Media Accuracy

If one morning I walked on top of the water across the Potomac River, the headline that afternoon would read 'President Can't Swim'." -- Lyndon B. Johnson

via TIME Person of the Year: A Photo History, Lyndon B. Johnson

Ike and the Size of the Fight in the Dog

"What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight — it's the size of the fight in the dog." -- Dwight Eisenhower

via TIME Person of the Year: A Photo History, Dwight Eisenhower

Truman Never Gave 'Em Hell

"I never did give anybody hell. I just told the truth, and they thought it was hell." -- Harry Truman

via TIME Person of the Year: A Photo History, Harry Truman

FDR and the Test of Our Progress

"The test of our progress is not whether we add to the abundance of those who have much. It is whether we provide enough to those who have little." -— Franklin Delano Roosevelt

via TIME Person of the Year: A Photo History, Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Khomeini Didn't Like America

"[Americans] are the great Satan, the wounded snake." -- Ayatullah Khomeini

via TIME Person of the Year: A Photo History, Ayatullah Khomeini

Khrushchev on Politicians

"Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river." -- Nikita Khrushchev

via TIME Person of the Year: A Photo History, Nikita Khrushchev

One Death vs Many

"A single death is a tragedy, a million deaths is a statistic." -- Joseph Stalin

via TIME Person of the Year: A Photo History, Joseph Stalin

People Believe the Big Lie

"The great masses of the people... will more easily fall victims to a big lie than to a small one." -- Adolf Hitler

via TIME Person of the Year: A Photo History, Adolf Hitler

Friday, December 16, 2005

Dogs Help Moods

"There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face." -- Ben Williams, American Editor & Journalist (1877-1964)

Monday, December 12, 2005

Free of Prejudice - in a way

"I am free of all prejudices. I hate every one equally." -- W. C. Fields

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