Notable Quotes

“Advice is like castor oil, easy enough to give but dreadful uneasy to take.”

 — Josh Billings 

 


 

“It is better to have died a small child than to be a politician who gets caught in a scandal during a slow news month.”

 — Lewis Grizzard

 


 

Phil: What would you do if you were stuck in one place and every day was exactly the same, and nothing that you did mattered?

Ralph: That about sums it up for me.

 — Groundhog Day, 1996

 


 

“We give advice by the bucket, but take it by the grain.”  

 — William R. Alger

 


 

“As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest form of appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.”

 —  John F. Kennedy

 


 

“Some people seem to believe that freedom of religion requires government to keep our lives free from religion.
Well, I believe they’re just plain wrong. Our government was founded on faith.
Government must never promote a religion, of course, but it is duty bound to promote religious liberty.
And it must never put the believer at a disadvantage because of his belief.”

  — President George H. W. Bush   1992

 


 

 “True humility is not thinking less of yourself;
it is thinking of yourself less.”

 — Rick Warren

 


 

“In times of change learners inherit the earth;
while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.

– Eric Hoffer