Ira Aldridge Quotes

#1. How much our society values its children can be measured by how well they are treated and protected.

Howard Markel

#2. A monarchy is a merchantman which sails well, but will sometimes strike on a rock, and go to the bottom; a republic is a raft which will never sink, but then your feet are always in the water.

Fisher Ames

#3. Science is not going to change its commitment to the truth. We can only hope religion changes its commitment to nonsense.

Victor J. Stenger

#4. MacMillian pinched the bridge of his nose. Conspiracy theories, secret societies ... what the hell had he gotten himself into? What was next? Vampires? Werewolves?

Laura Oliva

#5. The surest way to get what you need is to communicate.

Jeanne Phillips

#6. It's that big guy who's the government.

Victor Hugo

#7. There are six stages to knowledge: Firstly: Asking questions in a good manner. Secondly: Remaining quiet and listening attentively. Thirdly: Understanding well. Fourthly: Memorising. Fifthly: Teaching. Sixthly- and it is its fruit: Acting upon the knowledge and keeping to its limits.

Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya

#8. If it were really the case that terrorists "hate us for our freedoms," we'd be getting more popular with Al Qaeda every month.

Julian Sanchez

#9. While most people took family for granted, he [Father Tim] took it for grace.

Jan Karon

#10. The hands of time must have marched ever onwards,

David Conyers

#11. Resistance is common to the unusual.

Toba Beta

#12. His purpose was to get done what needed to be done, and what needed to be done was simple, if not easy.

Larry McMurtry

#13. Ya know, if you treat every comic the way you treated me tonight, you would never see a bad show.

Buddy Hackett

#14. All individuals are different and some of us just wouldn't be satisfied with just carrying out a routine job and being happy.

Walt Disney

#15. Equestrian and sailing are sports for people growing up on the mean streets of Connecticut.

Craig Ferguson