Love without attachment is light.
—Norman O. Brown (American Philosopher)
A well-aimed spear is worth three.
—Ted Williams (American Sportsperson)
He had read much, if one considers his long life; but his contemplation was much more than his reading. He was wont to say that if he had read as much as other men he should have known no more than other men.
—John Aubrey (English Antiquarian, Writer)
The smaller the function, the greater the management.
—C. Northcote Parkinson (British Historian)
One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.
—Simone de Beauvoir (French Philosopher)
Finding that no religion is based on facts and cannot be true, I began to reflect what must be the condition of mankind trained from infancy to believe in error.
—Robert Owen (British Social Reformer)
The madness of depression is the antithesis of violence. It is a storm indeed, but a storm of murk. Soon evident are the slowed-down responses, near paralysis, psychic energy throttled back close to zero. Ultimately, the body is affected and feels sapped, drained.
—William Styron (American Novelist)
Socialism is a vast machine for churning out piles of goods marked “Take it or leave it. “
—Arthur Seldon (British Economist)
Do not the most moving moments of our lives find us all without words?
—Marcel Marceau (French Mime Artist)
Someone has written, “Love is a verb”. It requires doing – not just saying and thinking. The test is in what one does, how one acts, for love is conveyed in word and deed.
—David B. Haight (American Mormon Leader)
The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority.
—Ralph Washington Sockman (American United Methodist Pastor)
This administration misled a nation into war by cherry-picking intelligence and stretching the truth beyond recognition.
—John Kerry (American Politician)