Silken Laumann Quotes

#1. The power of a dream is that it frees up your imagination to think about the best possible scenario for your life.

Silken Laumann

#2. Every attempt through history to limit the definition of humanity has been a prelude to the subjugation, degradation, and slaughter of innocents.

Ramez Naam

#3. I don't pay attention to how I feel about anything.

Ronald Burkle

#4. Except wind stands as it never stood
It is an ill wind turns none to good.

Thomas Tusser

#5. Life is too short not to experiment.

Jamelia

#6. Physical size can not measure the ferocity and compassion of the heart, spirit and soul. Truly in the measure of a person, short or tall doesn't matter at all.

William G. Bentrim

#7. Know that morality is a curb, not a spur.

Joseph Joubert

#8. I've lived for 10 years in Switzerland, so I speak German.

Martina Hingis

#9. A book is like a child: it is easier to bring it into the world than to control it when it is launched there.

George Bernard Shaw

#10. Building a practice of gratitude is the best way I know to create an optimistic approach to life. Start each day by lying in bed for five minutes and mentally acknowledging what you are grateful for.

Silken Laumann

#11. The greatest investment one can ever make is the investment into humanity, for an achievement based on positive influence into people's life can stand the test of time, survive through the mortality of men and resound endlessly through posterity

Uzoma Ezeson

#12. Success in life comes to those who simply refuse to give up; individuals with vision so strong that obstacles, failure and loss only act as teachings

Silken Laumann

#13. There is also the issue of personal privacy when it comes the executive power. Throughout our nation's history, whether it was habeas corpus during the Civil War, Alien and Sedition Acts in World War I, or Japanese internment camps in World War II, presidents have gone too far.

Dick Durbin