Thomas Sowell

 It takes considerable knowledge just to realize the extent of your own ignorance. 

- Thomas Sowell

Arthur Miller

 The apple cannot be stuck back on the Tree of Knowledge; once we begin to see, we are doomed and challenged to seek the strength to see more, not less. 

- Arthur Miller

Casey Stengel

 All blame is a waste of time. No matter how much fault you find with another, and regardless of how much you blame him, it will not change you. The only thing blame does is to keep the focus off you when you are looking for... reasons to explain your unhappiness or frustration. 

- Casey Stengel

Harry Chapin

 When you're going nowhere, anywhere's a better place to be. 

- Harry Chapin

H. L. Mencken

 Life is a dead-end street. 

- H. L. Mencken

Bertrand Russell

 I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong. 

- Bertrand Russell

Pope John Paul II

 Stupidity is also a gift of God, but one mustn't misuse it. 

- Pope John Paul II

Mark Twain

 Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. 

- Mark Twain

Herbert Hoover

 Fishing is much more than fish. It is the great occasion when we may return to the fine simplicity of our forefathers. 

- Herbert Hoover

Frank Capra

 Film is one of the three universal languages, the other two: mathematics and music. 

- Frank Capra

Samuel Goldwyn

 I never put on a pair of shoes until I've worn them at least five years. 

- Samuel Goldwyn

Princess Diana

 They say it is better to be poor and happy than rich and miserable, but how about a compromise like moderately rich and just moody? 

- Princess Diana

Abraham Lincoln

 Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right. 

- Abraham Lincoln

Arthur Conan Doyle

 I consider that a man's brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose. 

- Arthur Conan Doyle

Walt Whitman

 Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you. 

- Walt Whitman