Snakebitmgee Quotes & Sayings

Now all of us deplore this vast military spending. Yet, in the face of the Soviet attitude, we realize its necessity. Whatever the cost, America will keep itself secure. But in the process we must not, by our own hand, destroy or distort the American system. This we could do by useless overspending. I know one sure way to overspend. That is by overindulging sentimental attachments to outmoded military machines and concepts. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

The more we accustom ourselves to understanding the present in terms of memory, the unknown by the known, the living by the dead, the more desiccated and embalmed, the more joyless and frustrated life becomes. So protected from life, man becomes a sort of mollusc encrusted in a hard shell of "tradition," so that when at last reality breaks through, as it must, the tide of pent-up fear runs wild. — Alan W. Watts

Before the gods that made the gods had seen their sunrise pass, the white horse of the white horse vale was cut out of the grass — G.K. Chesterton

If you want to reach people nobody is reaching, you've got to do things nobody is doing — Craig Groeschel

And a step backward, after making a wrong turn, is a step in the right direction. — Kurt Vonnegut

There are no grades of vanity; there are only grades of ability in concealing it. — Mark Twain

Robotic toys can be very interesting, but it is important that the toy not 'dictate' how the child should play with it. Rather, it should take its cues from the child and enhance, teach, and enrich the play experience. We incorporated some of these features into a robotic baby doll we built for Hasbro in 1999. — Colin Angle

I try to tell the story, always. I do not want to be part of it. — Robin Leach

Share your heart for a small act of kindness. — Kristian Goldmund Aumann

Oh no. Oh God. I couldn't possibly be so stupid."
"Don't limit yourself. You can be anything you wish. — Tessa Dare

I'm not saying [economic] growth is wrong, but throughout the years of growth, many things didn't get better ... If you look at America, the proportion of Americans with no one to talk to about important things went up from a tenth to a quarter. — Geoff Mulgan

There is the love and marriage and family kind of happiness, which is exceedingly boring to describe but nonetheless is important to have and dreadful not to have. — P. J. O'Rourke

Replace fear of your own inner experience with a curious, gentle, welcoming attitude - free of judgment, self-blame, and aversion. — Melanie Greenberg