Simonics Quotes & Sayings

Lies are the social equivalent of toxic waste: Everyone is potentially harmed by their spread. — Sam Harris

History surrounds us every day...take the time to find it. — Barbara Eppich Struna

Sun Tzu said: We may distinguish six kinds of terrain, to wit: (1) Accessible ground; (2) Entangling ground; (3) Temporizing ground; (4) Narrow passes; (5) Precipitous heights; (6) Positions at a great distance from the enemy. — Sun Tzu

Ninoy Aquino was a friend; I knew his faults, which were outweighed by his virtues. — F. Sionil Jose

I underestimated your laziness."
"It's pronounced intelligence, Kirk. — Abria Mattina

And I don't see that popular measures, self-abnegation and democracy have done anything for Man but push him further into the mud. Currently, popularity endorses degraded novels, self-abnegation has filled the Southeast Asian jungles with stone idols and corpses, and democracy has given us inflation and income tax. — L. Ron Hubbard

To my fancy, one looks back on life, it has only two responsibilities, which include all the others: one is the bringing of new life into existence; the other, educating it after it is brought in. All betrayals of trust result from these original sins. — Henry Adams

I would say that although my music may be or may have been part of the cultural background fabric of the gay community, I consider myself an outsider who belongs everywhere and nowhere ... Being a human being is what truly counts. That's where you'll find me. — Annie Lennox

Everything we have comes from (God's) hands; even if we worked for it or earned it, He still gave us the ability and the opportunity to do it. — Billy Graham

All my books are under J.Z. Murdock (with periods after the initials). Sorry for the confusion. — J.Z. Murdock

Everyone on this island wants something kept quiet.
I want to roar — Rachel Cohn

You must suffer me to go my own dark way. — Robert Louis Stevenson

I lived on Fulton Street in an enormous studio - I needed a bicycle to get to the toilet, about half a mile between two streets - next to Wall Street. — Erro