Nick Fallin Quotes & Sayings

FDR had been Assistant Secretary of the Navy. They told me, now forgotten, just how many pictures of ships they took out of the White House after he died. But he could choose good men. — Stuart Symington

In any society freedom of thought will probably be of direct significance only for a small minority. — Friedrich Hayek

Thus the great wind, the afflatus, gave breath and turbulence to all life; and inspiration clung to the minds and hearts of men. — Richard Beckham II

The poverty program was not designed to eliminate poverty. — H. Rap Brown

Each of us places varying degrees of significance on what's really relevant and important, and we can almost always find fault with the way someone else is thinking or behaving. We can usually validate our own versions of reality by focusing on examples that, we believe, prove us to be right. In short, the way we see life will always seem justified, logical, and correct - to ourselves. The problem is, everyone else has the same assumption. — Richard Carlson

Fear and prejudice put up a terrible fight when they sense change coming. — Susan Dorothea White

The most powerful method of improving education is to invest in the improvement of teaching and the status of great teachers. — Ken Robinson

I guess what surprised me the most was the discrepancy in casualties: Iraq, one hundred fifty thousand casualties, USA ... seventy-nine! Let's go over those numbers again, they're a little baffling at first. Iraq, 150,000, USA 79. Does that mean we could have won with only 80 guys there? Just one guy in a ticker-tape parade, I did it! Hey! — Bill Hicks

Ripping the Band-Aid off quickly" is — Patrick Lencioni

Organized religion provides a model of the way all organizations, from the state down to the village garden club, end a price in terms of a member's freedom of thought and action. — Robert Shea

I don't want to be 50 years old and not know what's going on with my kids and my grandkids. — Torrey Smith

Let each moment be guided by positive purpose. And let your whole life express the beauty of who you truly are. — Ralph Marston

The sun has set," said Horne Fisher, in the same terrible tones, "and he will never see it rise again. — G.K. Chesterton