Quakecon Schedule Quotes & Sayings

Man enters into the ethical world through fear and not through love. - Paul Ricoeur, The Symbolism of Evil. — Tami Hoag

All Italians are plunderers. — Napoleon Bonaparte

Letter writing is the only device combining solitude with good company. — George Gordon Byron

He was munificent and liberal to outsiders, but a plunderer of his people, trusting strangers rather than his subjects. . . . [H]e was eventually deserted by his own men and in the end, little mourned. — Dan Jones

. . . failure is also the stern parent of truth. (p525) — Franz Werfel

I think Trent Baretta looks like Ashton Kutcher. — Matt Striker

Not many people get to the major leagues and succeed right away. There are some struggles. Everyone seems to struggle. — George Brett

And why do we think for a second that having the government involved will make things better — Adam Carolla

Propriety is the least of all laws, and the most observed. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

My life isn't focused on results. My life is really focused on the process of doing all the things I'm doing, from work to relationships to friendships to charitable work. — George Clooney