Robert Oxton Bolton Quotes

#1. There is no doubt that human survival will continue to depend more and more on human intellect and technology. It is idle to argue whether this is good or bad. The point of no return was passed long ago, before anyone knew it was happening.

Theodosius Dobzhansky

#2. Faith is unlearning the senseless worries and misguided beliefs that keep us captive.

Mark Batterson

#3. The more a man acts on his own, the more he develops himself. In large associations he is too prone to become merely an instrument.

Wilhelm Von Humboldt

#4. Your Journey makes your dreams beautiful. You have the power to make every moment in your dreams to be beautiful. You always have a choice. You think beautiful things and let it be as manifested dreams.

Diana Rose Morcilla

#5. Did you ever look into the personalities of male cooks, Army, logging camp, etc.? They're all supposed to be crazy, incomprehensible, contemptible. And angry. The act of feeding adult males seems to have strange personality effects.

James Tiptree Jr.

#6. The generosity of the American people is legendary. So is their spirit.

Marsha Blackburn

#7. War is tragedy. The great war stories are tragedies. It's the failure of diplomacy. 'War and Peace,' 'A Farewell to Arms,' 'For Whom the Bell Tolls.' Those are some of the greatest tragedies.

David Mamet

#8. Otherwise, my whole career has just been flinging myself at whatever is most overdue first and letting everything else stack up.

Cathy Guisewite

#9. A belief is not merely an idea the mind possesses; it is an idea that possesses the mind

Robert Oxton Bolton

#10. Crude at first [the short story] received a literary polish in the press, but its dominant quality remained. It was concise and condense, yet suggestive. It was delightfully extravagant - or a miracle of understatement

Bret Harte