Solicitously Template Quotes & Sayings

All the evidence of history suggests that man is indeed a rational animal, but with a near infinite capacity for folly ... He draws blueprints for Utopia, but never quite gets it built. In the end he plugs away obstinately with the only building material really ever at hand
his own part comic, part tragic, part cussed, but part glorious nature. — Robert S. McNamara

What is the difference between a mathematician and a philosopher?

A mathematician uses a pencil, paper, and a wastebasket.
The philosopher needs only the pencil and paper. — Matthew Rave

Kids are dying from diarrhea ... that just shouldn't be in this day and age, and it's that kind of thing that needs to be changed. Enough is enough — Brad Pitt

No matter how bad your diet is, no matter how much excess weight you're carrying around, no matter how many food-related mistakes you've made in the past, you can start fresh now. — Travis Stork

I'd had a little feeling of destiny. Because, you see, what I mean about affinities is true from friendships down to even the accidental glance at someone on the street-there's always a definite reason somewhere. I think even the poets would agree with me. — Patricia Highsmith

Even if their outward fortunes could be absolutely equalized, there would be, from individual constitution alone, an aristocracy and a democracy in every land. The fearful by nature would compose an aristocracy, the hopeful by nature a democracy, were all other causes of divergence done away. — Harriet Martineau

That was the way love was, invisible, there whether or not you wanted to see it or admit to it. — Alice Hoffman

I am involved with 'Write Girl,' which is such a great organization, because they go into inner city schools and work with underprivileged girls to pair them up with other writers. And it gets them learning to express themselves and become familiar with their own voice. They have a 100% success ratio getting those girls into college. — Melissa Rosenberg

Children are the keys of paradise. — Eric Hoffer

Mr. Obama seeks to federalize large portions of education, beginning with his attempt to nationalize college student loans. — Monica Crowley

Though I admire republican principles in theory, yet I am afraid the practice may be too perfect for human nature. We tried a republic last century, and it failed. Let our enemies try next. I hate political experiments. — Robert Walpole