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| Best Death
Which death is preferably to every other? The unexpected.
-- Julius Caesar
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| Real Tragedy
We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
-- Plato
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| Pessimists
An optimist may see a light where there is none, but why must the pessimist always run to blow it out?
-- Rene Descartes
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| Obscure Truth
Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that, unless we love the truth, we cannot know it.
-- Blaise Pascal
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| Religious Liberty
Religious liberty is the first freedom in our Constitution. And whether the cause is justice for the persecuted, compassion for the needy and the sick, or mercy for the child waiting to be born, there is no greater force for good in the nation than Christian ...
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| Law and Order
Law and order exist for the purpose of establishing justice and when they fail in this purpose they become the dangerously structured dams that block the flow of social progress.
-- Martin Luther King, Jr.
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| Truth and Comfort
If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you look for comfort you will not get either comfort or truth only soft soap and wishful thinking to begin, and in the end, despair.
-- C. S. Lewis
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| Truth Mask
Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
-- Oscar Wilde
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| Propagated Errors
An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does truth become error because nobody sees it.
-- Mahatma Gandhi
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| ObamaCare
Americans were outraged and horrified by this president's reckless spending and his endless assaults on the Constitution, but no issue drove them to rise up and fight back like Obamacare - both the abominable legislative monstrosity itself and the tyrannical, ...
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| Baseball
People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring.
-- Rogers Hornsby
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| Winter Is...
Winter is nature's way of saying, 'Up yours.'
-- Robert Byrne
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| Starving
When I was growing up, my parents told me, 'Finish your dinner. People in China and India are starving.' I tell my daughters, 'Finish your homework. People in India and China are starving for your job.'
-- Thomas Friedman
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| Saving the World
You begin saving the world by saving one man at a time; all else is grandiose romanticism or politics.
-- Charles Bukowski
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| Democracy vs. Dictatorship
The difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that in a democracy you vote first and take orders later; in a dictatorship you don't have to waste your time voting.
-- Charles Bukowski
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| Increase
Man tends to increase at a greater rate than his means of subsistence.
-- Charles Darwin
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| Drunkenness
An American monkey, after getting drunk on brandy, would never touch it again, and thus is much wiser than most men.
-- Charles Darwin
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| Only Human
All his life he tried to be a good person. Many times, however, he failed.
For after all, he was only human. He wasn't a dog.
-- Charles M. Schulz
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| Unrequited Love
Nothing takes the taste out of peanut butter quite like unrequited love.
-- Charles M. Schulz
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| Construction vs. Creation
The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.
-- Charles Dickens
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| Modern Communications
Electric communication will never be a substitute for the face of someone who with their soul encourages another person to be brave and true.
-- Charles Dickens
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| Success
As kids we're not taught how to deal with success; we're taught how to deal with failure. If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. If at first you succeed, then what?
-- Charlie Sheen
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| Right or Wrong
That we are to stand by the President right or wrong is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.
-- Charlie Sheen
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| Hope on the Horizon
Twas the day AFTER Christmas - the spirit of joy had disappeared; the only hope on the horizon was twelve bowl games the first day of the new year.
-- Chuck Swindoll
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| Christmas Connections
It's true, Christmas can feel like a lot of work, particularly for mothers. But when you look back on all the Christmases in your life, you'll find you've created family traditions and lasting memories. Those memories, good and bad, are really what help to ...
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