Notable Quotes
“Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.
Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.
Genius will not: unrewarded genius is almost a proverb.
Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts.
Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.”
— Calvin Coolidge
“When you are courting a nice girl, an hour seems like a second.
When you sit on a red-hot cinder, a second seems like an hour.
That’s relativity.”
— Albert Einstein
“The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only legitimate object of good government.”
— Thomas Jefferson
"Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another."
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
"One of the problems with being a writer is that all of your idiocies are still in print somewhere.
I strongly support paper recycling."
— P. J. O'Rourke
1947— February 2022
“We have a secret in our culture, and it’s not that birth is painful. It’s that women are strong.”
— Laura Stavoe Harm
“I’ve conquered a lot of things… blood clots in my lungs — twice… knee and foot surgeries…
winning Grand Slams, after being down match point, to name just a few, but I found out by far the hardest is figuring out a stroller!”
— Serena Williams
"Every fountain of government benefits is also a siphon into taxpayer wallets."
— John Hayward
"I can win an argument on any topic against any opponent. People know this and steer clear of me at parties.
Often, as a sign of their great respect, they don’t even invite me. "
— Dave Barry