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Ten Random Quotes

"America is a Nation with a mission - and that mission comes from our most basic beliefs. We have no desire to dominate, no ambitions of empire. Our aim is a democratic peace - a peace founded upon the dignity and rights of every man and woman."
George W. Bush

"Twentieth-century Russian literature has produced nothing special except perhaps one novel and two stories by Andrei Platonov, who ended his days sweeping streets."
Joseph Brodsky

"Slaying sacred cows makes great steaks."
Dick Nicolosi

"People will accept your idea much more readily if you tell them Benjamin Franklin said it first."
David H. Comins

"It is more comfortable for me, in the long run, to be rude than polite."
Wyndham Lewis

"Standing, standing, standing - why do I have to stand all the time? That is the main characteristic of social Washington."
Daniel J. Boorstin

"Trust that little voice in your head that says "Wouldn't it be interesting if.."; And then do it."
Duane Michals

"Our environmental problems originate in the hubris of imagining ourselves as the central nervous system or the brain of nature. We're not the brain, we are a cancer on nature."
Dave Foreman

"It was good because it helped me get where I'm at today, but then people stereotype and say we don't want to use her because she's known as the 'Wonderbra girl'."
Caprice Bourret

"There is a real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment."
Norman Vincent Peale

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