Ellerth Quotes

#1. A small degree of wit, accompanied by good sense, is less tiresome in the long run than a great amount of wit without it.

Francois De La Rochefoucauld

#2. I would have every minister of the gospel address his audience with the zeal of a friend, with the generous energy of a father, and with the exuberant affection of a mother.

Francois Fenelon

#3. When girls walk home we put on lippy and makeup. We chat. Sometimes we pretend to be hunchbacks. But that is it. Perfectly normal behavior.

Louise Rennison

#4. To say that a family is happy I think is to diminish it, taking out what is interesting. Growing up, I don't think my family was any happier or unhappier than anyone else's. My mother and father should have been divorced or never even married. On the other hand, I remember many moments of happiness.

Per Petterson

#5. Philanthropy should be taking much bigger risks that business. If these are easy problems, business and government can come in and solve them.

Bill Gates

#6. The earth is the general and equal possession of all humanity and therefore cannot be the property of individuals.

Leo Tolstoy