Ortelius Quotes & Sayings

Stand true to your calling to be a man. Real women will always be relieved and grateful when men are willing to be men — Elisabeth Elliot

I'd rather sit down and write a letter than call someone up. I hate the telephone. — Henry Miller

What we call evil, it seems to me, is simply ignorance bumping its head in the dark. — Henry Ford

What are the secret of success?
-one word answer :"rational — Charles T. Munger

In the days before deathly contrivances hustled them through their lives, and when they had no telephones - another ancient vacancy profoundly responsible for leisure - they had time for everything: time to think, to talk, time to read, time to wait for a lady! — Booth Tarkington

I lost a very dear friend who lived with AIDS for about 17 years. Rejecting early treatments that were iffy, he thought he saved himself. I really miss him a lot. — Bernadette Peters

I (John Stone) have never had any great desire to abolish poverty or save fallen women; I am, and always have been, deeply suspicious of those who wish to do these things. They normally cause more harm than good and, in my experience, their desire for power, to control others, is very much greater than that of any businessman. p 455 Stone's Fall — Iain Pears

I keep trying to explain to people that the archetype of intelligence is not Dustin Hoffman in 'The Rain Man;' it is a human being, period. It is squishy things that explode in a vacuum, leaving footprints on their moon. — Eliezer Yudkowsky

He was cross-examining my subconscious . — Ransom Riggs

At the age of 15, a teacher had asked me what I wanted to do for a career, and without knowing why or even how I replied that I wanted to be a poet. — Ama Ata Aidoo