Northern Illinois University Quotes

#1. Humor can alter any situation and help us cope at the very instant we are laughing.

Allen Klein

#2. Is there anything men take more pains about than to render themselves unhappy?

Benjamin Franklin

#3. From the way they all gaped at her, one would think he'd announced something truly shocking. Something like, "Lucy is a spy for Napoleon," or "Lucy only has six months to live," or "Lucy has decided to take up the harp.

Tessa Dare

#4. Smartass Disciple: What were said for things before the time exist?
Master of Stupidity: No words to be said by no man at no time at all.

Toba Beta

#5. It's certainly a loss for us here at the University of Washington, because Jeff Compher has been a wonderful friend and administrator. Jeff is a football man first, but he has the compassion and desire to make all of Northern Illinois' programs successful. He's one heck of a guy.

Tyrone Willingham

#6. What Canada has to do is to have a government connected to the priorities of the people of which it is elected to serve. Those priorities include ensuring medicare is sustainable, support for the military, and tax and justice systems that work.

Peter MacKay

#7. Morality arose largely as an empirical defence of the individual and society. Ever since intelligent beings began to be in contact, and consequently in friction, they have felt the need to guard themselves against each other's encroachments.

Pierre Teilhard De Chardin

#8. The rise of salsa was such an important time in musical history, not just in Latin music but music in general, because these guys created a new sound.

Jennifer Lopez