quotes of day Wednesday, October 14, 2026

“The man who goes up in a balloon does not feel as if he were ascending; he only sees the earth sinking deeper below him.”

“Do I need to apologize for Mr.[Tom] Coburn's statements? Because I certainly don't agree with those, either.”

“I think it is important to begin with a statement in your speech that grabs the attention of the audience. I try to make my opening line 15 words or less.”

“"Some persons hold," he pursued, still hesitating, "that there is a wisdom of the Head, and that there is a wisdom of the Heart..."”

“See a person's means ... Observe his motives. Examine that in which he rests. How can a person conceal his character?”

“Nature: The unseen intelligence which loved us into being, and is disposing of us by the same token”

“If a man rejoice not in his drinking, he is mad; for in drinking it's possible ... to fondle breasts, and to caress well tended locks, and there is dancing withal, and oblivion of woe.”

“There is no desire that anyone holds for any other reason than that they believe they will feel better in the achievement of it. Whether it is a material object, a physical state of being, a relationship, a condition, or a circumstance - at the heart of every desire is the desire to feel good. And so, the standard of success in life is not the things or the money - the standard of success is absolutely the amount of joy you feel.”

“More than an end to war, we want an end to the beginnings of all wars. Yes, an end to this brutal, inhuman and thoroughly impractical method of settling the differences between Governments. The once powerful malignant Nazi state is crumbling; the Japanese warlords are receiving in their homelands the retribution for which they asked when they attacked Pearl Harbor. But the mere conquest of our enemies is not enough; we must go on to do all in our power to conquer the doubts and the fears, the ignorance and the greed, which made this horror possible.”

“Who has not for the sake of his reputation sacrificed himself?”

“Those who understand the steam engine and the electric telegraph spend their lives in trying to replace them with something better.”

“Fear nothing! Have peace until the morning! Heed no nightly noises!”

“An economy hampered by restrictive tax rates will never produce enough jobs or enough profits”

“It's amazing how much information is coming at us most of the time through technology, the media and the busyness of the world around us. I've decided that the world probably isn't going to change, so I have to change. I'm learning how to keep my mind on what I'm doing, rather than thinking about several things at once or what I want to do next.”

“Surround yourself with people who make you happy. People who make you laugh, who help you when you’re in need. People who genuinely care. They are the ones worth keeping in your life. Everyone else is just passing through.”

“Those who stay where they are will endure.”

“The great quest of life has always been to discover truth.”