Family Roll Call Quotes & Sayings

Just as a royal rule, if not a mere name, must exist by virtue of some great personal superiority in the king, so tyranny, which is the worst of governments, is necessarily the farthest removed from a well-constituted form; oligarchy is little better, for it is a long way from aristocracy, and democracy is the most tolerable of the three. — Aristotle.

Violence has been Nicaragua's most important export to the world. — Ronald Reagan

Purposely decide what you want to do. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I know crazy when I see it." The moment the words flew out of my mouth I regretted them. Sometimes when you see the line, you think it's a good idea to cross it--until you do.~Noah — Katie McGarry

I would rather see the moon fall than see you cry. — Lauren Stewart

Be comfortable in the narrow streets because they will take you to the wider streets! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Thinking about Caleb hurts, but trying to move beyond my love for him, hurts more. There's no getting past the pain. There is only a different brand of pain available for my eager consumption. — C.J. Roberts

All those formal systems, in mathematics and physics and the philosophy of science, which claim to give foundations for certain truth are surely mistaken. I am tempted to say that we do not look for truth, but for knowledge. But I dislike this form of words, for two reasons. First of all, we do look for truth, however we define it, it is what we find that is knowledge. And second, what we fail to find is not truth, but certainty; the nature of truth is exactly the knowledge that we do find. — Jacob Bronowski

Fidelity to the whole of revealed truth is what distinguished good theology from its counterfeits. — Romanus Cessario

But, once again," persisted the European, "what state would you choose?" The Brahmin answered: "The state where only the laws are obeyed." "That is an old answer," said the councillor. "It is none the worse for that," said the Brahmin. "Where is that country?" asked the councillor. "We must look for it," answered the Brahmin. — Voltaire

As a resident, my highest ideal was not saving lives -- everyone dies eventually -- but guiding a patient or family to an understanding of death or illness. — Paul Kalanithi

I now first began to inhabit my house, I may say, when I began to use it for warmth as well as shelter. — Henry David Thoreau

Don't brush aside your intuition, it's your only true friend. — Jeekeshen Chinnappen