Winston Churchill

“It is no use saying, ‘We are doing our best.’ You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary. ” — Winston Churchill

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Juvenal, poet (c. 60-140)

One man meets an infamous punishment for that crime which confers a diadem upon another. – Juvenal, poet (c. 60-140)

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Frank Tibolt

“We should be taught not to wait for inspiration to start a thing. Action always generates inspiration. Inspiration seldom generates action.” – Frank Tibolt

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Thomas R. Buckley, a longtime justice in Dannemora, N.Y.

“I just follow my own common sense. And the hell with the law.” – Thomas R. Buckley, a longtime justice in Dannemora, N.Y.

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Wolf-Robe Cree Indian leader

“Only when the last tree has died and the last river has been poisoned and the last fish has been caught will we realise we can’t eat money.” – Wolf-Robe Cree Indian leader

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Danish Proverbs

“Even a small star shines in the darkness.” – Danish Proverb

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Calvin Coolidge

“Nothing is easier than spending public money. It does not appear to belong to anybody. The temptation is overwhelming to bestow it on somebody.” – Calvin Coolidge

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Movie Quotes

” Why do we fall, Bruce? So we can learn to pick ourselves up.”
- Dr. Thomas Wayne, Batman Begins, June 2005

“I’m a leaf on the wind. Watch how I soar.” -Wash, ‘Serenity’

“If someone ever tries to kill you, you try to kill ‘em right back!” – Capt. Malcom Reynolds, Firefly

An essential characteristic of the superhero [...]

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Henry David Thoreau, naturalist and author (1817-1862)

“Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill. I think that there is nothing, not even crime, more opposed to poetry, to philosophy, ay, to life itself than this incessant business.” – Henry David Thoreau, US Transcendentalist author (1817 – 1862)

“Heaven is [...]

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Douglas Adams, English humorist & science fiction novelist (1952 – 2001)

“In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.” – Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy, English humorist & science fiction novelist (1952 – 2001)

“In those days spirits were brave, the stakes were high, men were real men, [...]

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