Ignatius Donnelly Quotes & Sayings

Not that I condone fascism, or any -ism for that matter. -Ism's in my opinion are not good. A person should not believe in an -ism, he should believe in himself. I quote John Lennon, "I don't believe in Beatles, I just believe in me." Good point there. After all, he was the walrus. I could be the walrus. I'd still have to bum rides off people. — Ferris Bueller

Herbs are the friend of the physician and the pride of cooks. — Charlemagne

Writers, especially poets, are particularly prone to madness. There exists a striking association between creativity and manic depression. Why are more creative people prone to madness? They have more than average amounts of energies and abilities to see things in a fresh and original way - then because they also have depression, I think they're more in touch with human suffering. — Nick Flynn

Never ignore the elephant in the room. That's rude; play with it and introduce it. — Donna Lynn Hope

The literature of the emperor penguin is as forbidding, as inaccessible, as the frozen heart of Antarctica itself. Its beauties may be unearthly, but they are not for us. — Ursula K. Le Guin

What are the most important qualities that make a successful entrepreneur? The ability to communicate. The ability to express your idea with certainty. That's how you become a leader-even if you are unsure, your ability to explain your vision and your direction is the attribute you need the most ... Articulate your idea in 90 seconds or less ... — Kevin O'Leary

No matter how rough someone's life is, it's never an excuse to be mean. — Charles F. Glassman

In the end, the details weren't about beauty or status. They never had been, for me. They were about feeling at home in the world. And Joan hated these details. She thought my existence relentlessly tedious. What she couldn't see was that the details were life. That was how you loved someone: every day, without fail, over and over. — Anton DiSclafani

Of all the guile! How can you be objective? You have no perspective! You're only 16! — David Paul Kirkpatrick

You're often trying to fix a script by shooting it. — Jon Turteltaub

Perhaps there is a predetermined time for each person's life, and we should be happy for the time we had. — Courtney Sheinmel

I was still without any formal spiritual direction, but I went frequently to confession, especially at St. Francis' Church, where the Friars were more inclined to give me advice than secular priests had been. And it was in one of the confessionals at St. Francis' that a good priest one day told me, very insistently: "Go to Communion every day, every day." By that time, I had already become a daily communicant, but his words comforted and strengthened me, and his emphasis made me glad. And indeed I had reason to be, for it was those daily Communions that were transforming my life almost visibly, from day to day. — Thomas Merton

How much more precious is a little humanity than all the rules in the world. — Jean Piaget

In December people give no thought to the Past or the Future. They thing only of the Present. — Carolyn Wells

The model of the teaching hospital, which links research to teaching and service is what's missing in global health. — Paul Farmer