Gilleland Cadillac Quotes & Sayings

We must learn to help those who deserve it, not just those who need it. Life responds to deserve not need — Jim Rohn

Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. They are but improved means to an unimproved end, an end which it was already but too easy to arrive at; as railroads lead to Boston or New York. We are in great haste to construct a magnetic telegraph from Maine to Texas; but Maine and Texas, it may be, have nothing important to communicate. — Henry David Thoreau

How dangerous can false reasoning prove! — Sophocles

There is fascism , leading only into the blackness which it has chosen as its symbol, into smartness and yapping out of orders,and self-righteous brutality, into social as well as international war. It means change without hope. Our immediate duty- in that tinkering which is the only useful form of action in our leaky old tub-our immediate duty is to stop it. — E. M. Forster

The most socially subversive institution of our time is the one-parent family. — Paul Johnson

It would, therefore, seem obvious that patriotism as a feeling is bad and harmful, and as a doctrine is stupid. For it is clear that if each people and each State considers itself the best of peoples and States, they all live in a gross and harmful delusion. — Leo Tolstoy

Just when I most needed important conversation, a sniff of the man-wide world, that is, at least one brainy companion who could translate my friendly language into his tongue of undying carnal love, I was forced to lounge in our neighborhood park, surrounded by children. — Grace Paley

For every man who has learned to fight in arms will desire to learn the proper arrangement of an army, which is the sequel of the lesson. — Plato

It is a challenge trying not to give in to pleasing other people. — Kym Whitley

It's hardly worth mentioning all of the hundreds of thousands of writings that have fallen victim to fire or intentional destruction over the centuries. — Erich Von Daniken

When you were little, what did you want to be when you grew up?" ( ... )
A sigh of longing. "To be honest, I wanted to be ruler of the entire world. Or the ruler's trophy wife. — Gena Showalter

In any sauce you make, start with a concentration of flavors with great acidity. You then re-dilute the sauce, but the proportion of liquid you add should not be so high that you wash away the extracted flavor you're aiming to create. — Daniel Boulud

Maybe it's just me, but I think imperfections build character. The most interesting people seem to have the bumpiest pasts. You ever talk to a "perfect" person? What a snooze! I don't even trust people with no scars. Whether for casual conversation or companionship on any level, I prefer to connect with someone who has experienced the casualties of life's battles. — Steve Maraboli

When there is liberty, you expect a higher degree of freedom and not human rights abuse. — Auliq Ice