Doldam Quotes & Sayings

A wise man is not governed by others, nor does he try to govern them; he prefers that reason alone prevail. — Jean De La Bruyere

My bad head cannot adjust itself to the way things are ... If I want to depict spring, it has to be in wintertime; if I want to describe a beautiful landscape, I must be enclosed within walls; and I have said a hundred times that if I were put in the Bastille, there I would paint a picture of liberty. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau

We teach reading, writing and math by [having students do] them. But we teach democracy by lecture. — Shelley Berman

There was a hell for blasphemers. There was a hell for disputers of rightful authority. There were a number of hells for liars. There was probably a hell for little boys who wished their grandmothers were dead. There were more than enough hells to go around. — Terry Pratchett

Oh, I don't wear a bathing suit. I wear a tent when I go out. — Greg Proops

How do people so readily hand over their hearts when I'm absolutely terrified to? — Ella Frank

The man is really looking for self-esteem, and he seeks to find it by winning the esteem of others. In our society, the fastest and surest way to do this is by amassing a great deal of money. So the money becomes a substitute, a symbol, for the esteem. — Sydney J. Harris

But the main point is that soldiers, after fighting for some time, are apt to be like burned-out cinders. They have shot off their ammunition, their numbers have been diminished, their strength and their morale are drained, and possibly their courage has vanished as well. As an organic whole, quite apart from their loss in numbers, they are far from being what they were before the action; and thus the amount of reserves spent is an accurate measure on the loss of morale. — Carl Von Clausewitz

Man is the result of a purposeless and materialistic process that did not have him in mind. He was not planned. — George Gaylord Simpson