Quotations Set 33

1. Man is the best computer we can put aboard a spacecraft and the only one that can be mass produced with unskilled labor. - Wernher von Braun, rocket engineer (1912-1977)

2. We are never more discontented with others than when we are discontented with ourselves. - Henri Frederic Amiel, philosopher and writer (1821-1881)

3. For me, words are a form of action, capable of influencing change. - Ingrid Bengis, writer and teacher (1944- )

4. As long as a man stands in his own way, everything seems to be in his way. - Ralph Waldo Emerson, American writer and philosopher (1803-1882)

5. My two favorite things in life are libraries and bicycles. They both move people forward without wasting anything. The perfect day: riding a bike to the library. - Peter Golkin, museum spokesman (1966- )

6. No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself, and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be true. - Nathaniel Hawthorne, writer (1804-1864)

7. The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails. - William Arthur Ward, college administrator, writer (1921-1994)

8. A mature person is one who does not think only in absolutes, who is able to be objective even when deeply stirred emotionally, who has learned that there is both good and bad in all people and in all things, and who walks humbly and deals charitably with the circumstances of life, knowing that in this world no one is all knowing and therefore all of us need both love and charity. - Eleanor Roosevelt, diplomat and writer (1884-1962)

9. History teaches that grave threats to liberty often come in times of urgency, when constitutional rights seem too extravagant to endure. - Thurgood Marshall, US Supreme Court Justice (1908-1993)

10. Here is where people, / One frequently finds, / Lower their voices / And raise their minds. - Richard Armour, author, on libraries (1906-1989)

11. Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love truth. - Joseph Joubert, essayist (1754-1824)

12. You do not examine legislation in the light of the benefits it will convey if properly administered, but in the light of the wrongs it would do and the harms it would cause if improperly administered. - Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th US president (1908-1973)

13. Whenever morality is based on theology, whenever right is made dependent on divine authority, the most immoral, unjust, infamous things can be justified and established. - Ludwig Feuerbach, philosopher (1804-1872)

14. Jokes of the proper kind, properly told, can do more to enlighten questions of politics, philosophy, and literature than any number of dull arguments. - Isaac Asimov, scientist and writer (1920-92)

15. The trade of governing has always been monopolized by the most ignorant and the most rascally individuals of mankind. - Thomas Paine, philosopher and writer (1737-1809)

16. The courage of the poet is to keep ajar the door that leads into madness. - Christopher Morley, writer (1890-1957)

17. The average pencil is seven inches long, with just a half-inch eraser - in case you thought optimism was dead. - Robert Brault, software developer, writer (1972- )

18. We find comfort among those who agree with us, growth among those who don't. - Frank A. Clark, writer (1911- )

19. News is what people want to keep hidden; everything else is publicity. - Bill Moyers, journalist (1934- )

20. Ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have. - James Baldwin, writer (1924-1987)

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