Passer Domesticus Quotes

#1. In the discharge of thy place set before thee the best examples; for imitation is a globe of precepts.

John Locke

#2. They fled. The American louts fled. Indeed, concerning the fighting waged by the heroes of the Arab Socialist Baath Party yesterday, one amazing thing really is the cowardice of the American soldiers. we had not anticipated this.

Mohammed Saeed Al-Sahaf

#3. I become more successful with each mistake.

Kari Sayers

#4. More than the diamond Koh-i-noor, which glitters among their crown jewels, they prize the dull pebble which is wiser than a man, whose poles turn themselves to the poles of the world, and whose axis is parallel to the axis of the world. Now, their toys are steam and galvanism.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

#5. How to run an ultramarathon ? Puff out your chest, put one foot in front of the other, and don't stop till you cross the finish line.

Dean Karnazes

#6. Those that regularly come into contact with people having diverse interests and viewpoints are more likely to come up with innovative ideas.

Steven Johnson

#7. The chief role of the universities is to prolong adolescence into middle age, at which point early retirement ensures that we lack the means or the will to enforce significant change.

J.G. Ballard

#8. The ban on assault weapons has decreased gun violence in Baltimore not one iota. That's because few, if any, of the shootings were done with assault weapons.

Gregory Kane