Henry M Wriston Famous Quotes
"Those who misrepresent the normal experiences of life, who decry being controversial, who shun risk, are the enemies of the American way of life, whatever the piety of their vocal professions and the patriotic flavor of their platitudes."
"A guidance counselor who has made a fetish of security, or who has unwittingly surrendered his thinking to economic determinism, may steer a youth away from his dream of becoming a poet, an artist, a musician or any other of thousands of things, because it offers no security, it does not pay well, there are no vacancies, it has no future."
"Among all the tragic consequences of depression and war, this suppression of personal self-expression through one's life work is among the most poignant."
Henry M Wriston Quotations
Boxing is just show business with blood.
Frank Bruno
"Success has a simple formula do your best, and people may like it."
Sam Ewig
"Physics is becoming so unbelievably complex that it is taking longer and longer to train a physicist. It is taking so long, in fact, to train a physicist to the place where he understands the nature of physical problems that he is already too old to solve them."
Eugene Paul Wigner
He who praises you for what you lack wishes to take from you what you have.
Don Juan Manuel
Facts are stupid things.
Ronald Reagan
"The moral immune system of this country has been weakened and attacked, and the AIDS virus is the perfect metaphor for it. The malignant neglect of the last twelve years has led to breakdown of our country's immune system, environmentally, culturally, politically, spiritually and physically."
Barbra Streisand
He who knows does not speak. He who speaks does not know.
Lao Tzu
Republicans have been accused of abandoning the poor. It's the other way around. They never vote for us.
J Danforth Quayle
"The greatest wealth consisteth in being charitable, And the greatest happiness in having tranquility of mind. Experience is the most beautiful adornment And the best comrade is one that hath no desire."
Tibetan Doctrine
"Don't worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you'll have to ram them down people's throats."
Howard Aiken