Stratigos Quotes & Sayings

There were such sounds as are not heard in daylight - moon sounds and cloud sounds and sounds of dark wind; branches talked and other small voices answered in anxious undertones. — Katharine Newlin Burt

Whenever you hear a man prating about the Constitution, spot him as a traitor — Andrew Johnson

A true creator researches how to have confidence in nonsense. — Burt Rutan

Who was more conscious than the soldier of capricious fortune, of the random roll of the dice? — Robert Galbraith

[Statists] believe that government should make decisions for individuals. Since individuals usually prefer to make their own decisions, coercion and compulsion become necessary correctives. — Theodore J. Forstmann

For to pretend that men may live habitually sinful lives without any attempt by the Spirit to mortify sin in them, nor with any desire for repentance, is to deny the Christian religion. — John Owen

There was one thing more than any other that turned this New York, liberal, Jewish, Columbia University graduate student away from modern liberalism: its use of moral equivalence to avoid confronting evil during the Cold War. — Dennis Prager

Faith opens many doors. Performance keeps them open. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Alfred T. Slipper was a janitor. Most of the time (often, in fact) they treated him with disdain. They had no idea of the astonishing acts of heroism, the blinding light, contained within his outward humdrum disguise.
Only Alfred's parakeet, Dolores, knew who he was and what he could do. — Kate DiCamillo

Personal virtue is no substitute for political hard-headedness. — Margaret Thatcher