“Here’s a news flash: No soldier gives his life. That’s not the way it works. Most soldiers who make a conscious decision to place themselves in harm’s way do it to protect their buddies. They do it because of the bonds of friendship – and it goes so much deeper than friendship.”
-Eric Massa
Yasser Arafat – Our law is a Jordanian…
“Our law is a Jordanian law that we inherited, which applies to both the West Bank and Gaza, and sets the death penalty for those who sell land to Israelis.”
-Yasser Arafat
Vincent Van Gogh – There may be a great…
“There may be a great fire in our hearts, yet no one ever comes to warm himself at it, and the passers-by see only a wisp of smoke.”
-Vincent Van Gogh
Henry James – A man who pretends to…
“A man who pretends to understand women is bad manners. For him to really to understand them is bad morals.”
-Henry James
Thor Heyerdahl – It is also rarer to…
“It is also rarer to find happiness in a man surrounded by the miracles of technology than among people living in the desert of the jungle and who by the standards set by our society would be considered destitute and out of touch.”
-Thor Heyerdahl
Daniel Webster – The contest for ages has…
“The contest for ages has been to rescue liberty from the grasp of executive power.”
-Daniel Webster
Steve Albini – Doubt the conventional wisdom unless…
“Doubt the conventional wisdom unless you can verify it with reason and experiment.”
-Steve Albini
Eleanor Roosevelt – I can not believe that…
“I can not believe that war is the best solution. No one won the last war, and no one will win the next war.”
-Eleanor Roosevelt
Fyodor Dostoevsky – Men do not accept their…
“Men do not accept their prophets and slay them, but they love their martyrs and worship those whom they have tortured to death.”
-Fyodor Dostoevsky
Edward Steichen – Photography is a major force…
“Photography is a major force in explaining man to man.”
-Edward Steichen