Cool Quotes

 "You need only reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go about repeating the very phrases which our founding fathers used in the struggle for independence."  -  Charles A. Beard (1874-1948), U.S. historian

  "A man who limits his interests limits his life."  -  Vincent Price
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  "All things are connected.  Whatever befalls the earth, befalls the sons of the earth.  Man did not weave the web of life, he is merely a strand in it.  Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself."  -  Chief Seattle

  "He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would suffice."  -  Albert Einstein

  "A bill of rights is what the people are entitled to against every government on earth, general or particular; and what no just government should refuse, or rest on inferences."  -  Thomas Jefferson (writing to James Madison), 1787.

  "No statement should be believed because it is made by an authority."  -  Robert A. Heinlein

  "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." -  Dr. Seuss

  "Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.  Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote." -  Dr. Benjamin Franklin, 1759

  "Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed.  If people all over the world  ...  would do this, it would change the Earth."  -  William Faulkner

"I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.  I am free, no matter what rules surround me.  If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them;  if I find them too obnoxious, I break them."  -  Robert A. Heinlein

"None are so hopelessly enslaved, as those who falsely believe they are free. The truth has been kept from the depth of their minds by masters who rule them with lies. They feed them on falsehoods till wrong looks like right in their eyes."  -  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all."  -  Oscar Wilde

"Imagination is more important than knowledge."  -  Albert Einstein

"My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government."  -  Thomas Jefferson.

  "Is there any fairness in a system where a group of people can borrow a bunch of money to buy a company and pay themselves millions of dollars in dividends and fees, while the company itself ends up bankrupt and its employees lose their jobs, health insurance and pensions?"  -  William D. Cohan

"Don't be trapped by dogma -- which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become."  -  Steve Jobs

"Microsoft isn't evil, they just make really crappy operating systems."  -  Steve Jobs

"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." -  Dr. Benjamin Franklin, November 11, 1755