Donner Party Quotes

#1. Pulling out onto the highway I noticed a stone pillar commemorating the Donner Party. They were a true testament to the American spirit, push forward at all costs and eat the dead when necessary. Wasn't that the American dream in a nutshell.

Josh Stallings

#2. Wow. Pioneers with ice-cream."
Joshua felt motivated to defend his home. "Well, it doesn't have to be like the Donner Party, Sally-

Stephen Baxter

#3. If the food supply runs out, try trapping or hunting animals. For most people, this won't be easy. If you can't catch any animals, it's time to throw a Donner party.

Andrew Shaffer

#4. Most people want to be led. But suppose they choose the wrong leader? They end up with the Donner party.

Louise Penny

#5. The number of people who are actual supporters of Mr. Romney could very well be less than the Donner Party, whose members they sadly resemble in many ways.

Henry Rollins

#6. Contentment is realizing that God has already provided everything we need for our present happiness.

Bill Gothard

#7. We're guys. I punched him, he hit me back, and then everything was fine. We went out for ice cream after.

Eileen Cook

#8. Happiness is just an illusion. And any attempt to achieve it is the ultimate cause of your plight

Katie Kacvinsky

#9. All across America news organizations have been devoured by massive corporations, and allegiance to stockholders, the drive for higher share prices, and push for larger dividend returns trumps everything that the grunts in the newsrooms consider their missions.

Laurie Garrett

#10. Reaching out to rescue one another under ANY condition is an eternal measure of love.

Ronald A. Rasband

#11. Everything has to do with loving and not loving.

Rumi

#12. She drew herself up to her full height - it was a little difficult on a donkey - and said primly, I have always found that in painful situations it is a sensible idea to take each hour as it comes and not to anticipate beyond. But oh how I wish I could have a bath!

Dorothy Gilman

#13. The process of grief and loss is as unique as your personal DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid); no two individuals will have the same experiences or relationship to grief.

Asa Don Brown

#14. Indeed, if we look closely at the art of the Neolithic, it is truly astonishing how much of its Goddess imagery has survived - and that most standard works on the history of religion fail to bring out this fascinating fact.

Riane Eisler

#15. Love! Love everything, love every event, love every moment and become a great lover. Love liberates the soul of the beloved lover.

Debasish Mridha

#16. Did not the Donner-Reed Party, after all, eat its own dead to reach Sacramento?

Joan Didion