Swanlund Uiuc Quotes & Sayings

Although I am almost illiterate mathematically, I grasped very early in life that any one who can count to ten can count upward indefinitely if he is fool enough to do so. — Robertson Davies

Faith, that faculty which enables us to believe things which we know to be untrue. — Bram Stoker

I never thought I'd see the day that I would see white folks as frightened, or more so, than black folks was during the civil rights movement when we was in Mississippi. — Dick Gregory

How complex, untrustworthy, and important our stories are. We will never tell you the true story of our lives. — Andy Quan

Somewhere in the world, a lion wakes up every morning not knowing what it's going to eat. Every day, it finds food. The lion isn't worried - it just does what it needs to do. Somewhere else, in a zoo, a caged lion sits around every day and waits for a zookeeper. The lion is comfortable. It gets to relax. It's not worried much, either. Both of these animals are lions. Only one is a king. — Julien Smith

The hiding place is believed to contain the Crown of All Things," said Lermont. "Sounds tempting, doesn't it? But somehow I think that the Crown of All Things is really the End of All Things." Semyon — Sergei Lukyanenko

The answer isn't more time but a greater awareness of the time we have. — Craig Groeschel

You don't have to dislike people you disagree with and it doesn't mean you shouldn't be able to have bipartisan friendships in this place. Life's too short to have it any other way. — Dave Obey

Those who of old were good practicers of Tao did not use it to make people bright, but rather used it to make them simple. — Laozi

You can't punish someone for a lack of affection, can you? You can't force a child to love you just because he's your child. — Paul Auster

A parent asked me today, "How do you get your children to pray in church?" My response? "Pray at home." — Mark Hart

He wrote because he liked to write; he did not abridge, because he cared not to abridge. He sat down, he took pen and paper, because he loved Lucy and had much to say to her; because he was faithful and thoughtful, because he was tender and true. — Charlotte Bronte