Quotes
To insprie and defend
| I like nonsense; it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary
ingredient in living, it's looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope.
Which is what I do, and that enables you to laugh at life's realities. |
Dr. Seuss
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| Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to
pause and reflect. |
Mark Twain
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| I have a dream, that my four little children will one day live in a
nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by
the content of their character. I have a dream today! |
Martin Luther King, Jr
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| In no sense do I advocate evading or defying the law ... That would
lead to anarchy. An individual who breaks a law that his conscience tells
him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in
order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is
in reality expressing the highest respect for law. |
Martin Luther King, Jr
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A Plan for the Improvement of English Spelling
by Mark Twain
For example, in Year 1 that useless letter "c" would be dropped to be
replased either by "k" or "s", and likewise "x" would no longer be part
of the alphabet. The only kase in which "c" would be retained would be
the "ch" formation, which will be dealt with later. Year 2 might reform
"w" spelling, so that "which" and "one" would take the same konsonant,
wile Year 3 might well abolish "y" replasing it with "i" and Iear 4 might
fiks the "g/j" anomali wonse and for all. Jenerally, then, the improvement
would kontinue iear bai iear with Iear 5 doing awai with useless double
konsonants, and Iears 6-12 or so modifaiing vowlz and the rimeining voist
and unvoist konsonants. Bai Iear 15 or sou, it wud fainali bi posibl tu
meik ius ov thi ridandant letez "c", "y" and "x" -- bai now jast a memori
in the maindz ov ould doderez -- tu riplais "ch", "sh", and "th" rispektivli.
Fainali, xen, aafte sam 20 iers ov orxogrefkl riform, wi wud hev a lojikl,
kohirnt speling in ius xrewawt xe Ingliy-spiking werld. |
Mark Twain
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| In wilderness is the preservation of the world. |
Henery David Thoreau
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| Every walk to the woods is a religious rite, every bath in the steam
is a saving ordinance. |
John Burroughs
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| A school isn't just a building; it; it's a bank in which we deposit
our children and withdraw our future. |
Bob Rafferty
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| For every person wishing to teach, there are thirty not wanting to
be taught. |
W. Sellar & R. Yeatman
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| The best way to get rid of an enemy is to turn him into a friend. |
Anonymous
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| Seize the time, Meribor. Live now; make now always the most precious
time. Now will never come again |
Picard (The Inner Light)
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| If there's nothing wrong with me... maybe there's something wrong with
the universe! |
Dr. Crusher (Remember Me)
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| Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well. |
Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield
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| Resolved: never to do anything which I should be afraid to do if it
were the last hour of my life. |
Jonathan Edwards
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| I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right
to say it. |
Attributed to Voltaire
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| Absurdity, n.:
A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion. |
Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
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| Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society. |
Mark Twain
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| I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. I said I
didn't know. |
Mark Twain
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| It is by the fortune of God that, in this country, we have three benefits:
freedom of speech, freedom of thought, and the wisdom never to use either. |
Mark Twain
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| Substitute "damn" every time you're inclined to write "very"; your
editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be. |
Mark Twain
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| Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse
to see it tried on him personally. |
A. Lincoln
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| ... if forced to travel on an airplane, try and get in the cabin with
the Captain, so you can keep an eye on him and nudge him if he falls
asleep or point out any mountains looming up ahead ... |
Mike Harding, "The Armchair Anarchist's
Almanac"
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