Category: Quotations

…there is no folly of the beasts of the earth which is not infinitely outdone by the madness of men.Herman Melville, Moby Dick, Chapter 87

Most of us, like the assembly line worker, have jobs that are too small for our spirit.Studs Terkel

The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance — it is the illusion of knowledge.Daniel Boorstin

Sometimes a majority simply means that all the fools are on the same side.Claude McDonald

We aim above the mark to hit the mark.Ralph Waldo Emerson

I am an optimist.  It does not seem too much use being anything else.Winston Churchill

You must have long term goals to keep you from being frustrated by short term failures.Charles C. Noble