Pandion Optimization Quotes

#1. Lemurs?" Frank asked nervously. "I'm guessing you don't mean the furry little guys from Madagascar?

Rick Riordan

#2. Once humankind has been some place and found it
entrancing, they always go back, I think in the history of the
human race, the moon has been the first place we've gone to and said,
'OK, we don't need to go back there again.

Tom Hanks

#3. Sometimes, maybe ... sometimes there's no right or wrong. Sometimes there's just ... surviving.

Jasinda Wilder

#4. How vainly shall we endeavor to repress crime by our barbarous punishment of the poorer class of criminals so long as children are reared in the brutalizing influences of poverty, so long as the bite of want drives men to crime.

Henry George

#5. When activists say we need to move past the partisan divide, what they mean is: Shut up and get with my program. Have you ever heard anyone say, "We need to get past all of this partisan squabbling and name-calling. That's why I'm going to abandon all my objections and agree with you"?

Jonah Goldberg

#6. If we enter into ourselves, find our true self, and then pass beyond the inner "I", we sail forth into the immense darkness in which we confront the "I AM" of the Almighty.

Thomas Merton

#7. Some are wandering into forbidden paths because they are seeking popularity with their peers, even to the extent of doing things they know are wrong. They cannot stand criticism or ridicule and will not take a firm stand against wrongdoing.

Nathan Eldon Tanner

#8. And it may be that you dislike a thing which is good for you, and that you like a thing which is bad for you. Allah knows but you do not know.

Anonymous

#9. Those who are not true leaders will just affirm people at their own immature level.

Richard Rohr

#10. You must purge yourself of all thoughts of self-importance, and all inclination to judge either yourself or others. You must go to power with humility and deep respect.

Mike Livingston