William Bourke Cockran Quotes

#1. The man who is successful is the man who is useful.

William Bourke Cockran

#2. Religious faith is not a storm cellar to which men and women
can flee for refuge from the storms of life. It is instead, an
inner spiritual strength which enables them to face those
storms with hope and serenity.

Sam Ervin

#3. Knowledge is the distilled essence of our institutions, corroborated by experience.

Elbert Hubbard

#4. Underlying the whole scheme of civilization is the confidence men have in each other, confidence in their integrity, confidence in their honesty, confidence in their future.

William Bourke Cockran

#5. One can never read too little of bad, or too much of good books: bad books are intellectual poison; they destroy the mind.
In order to read what is good one must make it a condition never to read what is bad; for life is short, and both time and strength limited.

Arthur Schopenhauer

#6. You simply cannot hang a millionaire in America.

William Bourke Cockran

#7. There is enough for all. The earth is a generous mother; she will provide in plentiful abundance food for all her children if they will but cultivate her soil in justice and in peace.

William Bourke Cockran

#8. It seems only yesterday I used to believe
there was nothing under my skin but light.
If you cut me I could shine.

Billy Collins

#9. I tip my hat to the new constitution, I take a bow for the new revolution, smile and grin at the change all around me.

The Who

#10. A lot of the signs are evident before the lies start and the actions deviate. Many women do not even want to hear the truth

A.H. Carlisle III

#11. In the future, everybody will be world famous for fifteen minutes.

Andy Warhol