Galanes Pad Quotes & Sayings

What astonishing changes a few years are capable of producing! I am told that even respectable characters speak of a monarchical form of government without horror. From thinking proceeds speaking, thence to acting is often but a single step. But how irrevocable & tremendous! What a triumph for the advocates of despotism to find that we are incapable of governing ourselves, and that systems founded on the basis of equal liberty are merely ideal & falacious! Would to God that wise measures may be taken in time to avert the consequences we have but too much reason to apprehend. — George Washington

Don't worry about being a star, worry about doing good work, and all that will come to you. — Ice Cube

Knowing thyself, that is the greatest wisdom. — Galileo Galilei

The great philosophers and the great works are standards for the selection of what is essential. Everything that we do in studying the history of philosophy ultimately serves their better understanding. — Karl Jaspers

Trust is for the weak [...] and love is for victims. — Heather Burch

In my writing I'm trying to explore the violations people commit upon each other. And the important thing isn't whether I'm angry. The more important thing is, is it true? Do these things really happen? — Jamaica Kincaid

I began illustrating children's books because of a growing disillusionment with the sort of work I was doing in the advertising industry. Book publishing offered me the chance to be far more creative. — Graeme Base

We have a saying in Russia: if there hadn't been an unhappy incident there never would be a happy one! — Anne Noggle

Malignant phenomena do not come out of a golden age. — Barbara W. Tuchman