Eagleburger Secretary Quotes & Sayings

The fact that the biosphere responds unpredictably to our actions is not an argument for inaction. It is, however, a powerful argument for caution, and for adopting a tentative attitude toward all we believe, and all we do. Unfortunately, our species has demonstrated a striking lack of caution in the past. It is hard to imagine that we will behave differently in the future.
We think we know what we are doing. We have always thought so. We never seem to acknowledge that we have been wrong in the past, and so might be wrong in the future. Instead, each generation writes off earlier errors as the result of bad thinking by less able minds
and then confidently embarks on fresh errors of its own.
We are one of only three species on our planet that can claim to be self-aware, yet self-delusion may be a more significant characteristic of our kind. — Michael Crichton

Why be something to everybody when you can be everything to somebody? — Gilbert K. Chesterton

Our stock in trade is raw, flailing sex. — Al Goldstein

If I get work done early, I can do some interacting with fans online, or see my friends. If I don't get that work done, you may not see much of me! — Cassandra Clare

Do not expect me to fall in with the evil customs and ways of the world. I am in Rome, but I will not do as Rome does. I am an alien, a stranger, and a foreigner. My citizenship is in heaven. — Billy Graham

It isn't easy to trust or be close to someone when the person I love won't even follow his own heart. — Jodi Meadows

Without the high and noble the simple and vulgar is utterly mean; and without the simple and ordinary the noble and heroic is meaningless — J.R.R. Tolkien

I worked in a bookstore in Oslo, importing the English-language books. — Per Petterson

Real Buddhism is about meditation. — Frederick Lenz

Leadership is never an avenue to be self-serving but,a platform to render great service to people. — Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha

There is always someone worse off than yourself. — Aesop

REGARDING THE MARCHING BAND: How much more interesting it would be to see a creeping band. — Demetri Martin

Some people are so beautiful that they belong everywhere they go. — Benjamin Alire Saenz