Herbert Samuel Famous Quotes
"Without doubt the greatest injury was done by basing morals on myth, for sooner or later myth is recognized for what it is, and disappears. Then morality loses the foundation on which it has been built."
It is easy to be tolerant of the principles of other people if you have none of your own.
Herbert Samuel Quotations
"If aliens from outer space ever come and we show them our civilization and they make fun of it, we should say we were just kidding, that this isn't really our civilization, but a gag we hoped they would like. Then we tell them to come back in twenty years to see our REAL civilization. After that, we start a crash program of coming up with an impressive new civilization. Either that, or just shoot down the aliens as they're waving good-bye."
Jack Handey Deep Thoughts
Smoking is one of the leading causes of statistics.
Fletcher Knebel
The game's not over until it's over.
Lawrence Peter Berra
"Judging from the main portion of the history of the world, so far, justice is always in jeopardy."
Walt Whitman
I believe Moses was 80 when God first commissioned him for public service.
Ronald Reagan
"Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. the foundation of such a method is love."
Martin Luther King Jr
The main thing needed to make men happy is intelligence.
Bertrand Russell
"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power."
Abraham Lincoln
"Grant, Lord, that we might overcome our enemies by transforming them into friends. Make them and make us conscious of those deep inward reaches whereby every heart is rooted in our world's deep common life."
Jewish Prayer
Our lives are like a candle in the wind.
Carl Sandburg