Swarkian Quotes & Sayings

Ideas without action are useless. — Helen Keller

The possibility of something is better than the certainty of nothing. — Luis Samuel Gonzalez

In our worship of certainty we must distinguish between the sound certainty and the sham, between what is gold and what is tinsel; and then, when certainty is attained, we must remember that it is not the only good; that we can buy it at too high a price; that there is danger in perpetual quiescence as well as in perpetual motion; and that a compromise must be found in a principle of growth. — Benjamin Cardozo

As human beings, are we meant to develop as individuals serving only our own needs or also serving the needs of others? Do we aspire to develop as critically thinking, creative,innovative, humane people, or do we just want to think of ourselves as members of a specific nation and culture? Freedom allows choice and liberal education advocates for a specific choice: that the purpose of freedom is to enable creative, critically thinking,caring individuals to build healthy societies that serve universal (not just parochial) ends. — Gregory S. Prince Jr.

I grew up as a boy with aggression. — Don McCullin

Can't call 'em zombies anymore," sighed Manny. He seemed almost wistful. "Now we gotta be all politically correct. It's like the Cold Wars never happened. — David S.E. Zapanta

I continue to enjoy looking for stories, and trying to do the best job I can reporting and writing them. — Bob Greene

Kindness is a magical magnet which can change your heart and perceptions without actually touching you. — Debasish Mridha

We are what we love, not what loves us. — Charlie Kaufman

Nineveh represented the sin center of the world. Everything godless happened there; by all accounts its people were perverse, sadistic, and evil. The very fact that Jonah was even sent to such a place reveals that God's capacity to forgive is greater than our capacity to sin. — Tullian Tchividjian

Philosophy can add to our happiness in no other manner but by diminishing our misery; it should not pretend to increase our present stock, but make us economists of what we are possessed of. Happy were we all born philosophers; all born with a talent of thus dissipating our own cares by spreading them upon all mankind. — Oliver Goldsmith

In the hierarchy of the family, I'm just above the dog. But I like it that way. — Jens Voigt

I write about adversity, I praise adversity, not to be pessimistic, but rather to strengthen myself. The more familiar that you are with it, the less likely you are to have a breakdown when it occurs. You become more reflective of its purpose, you understand God's reason for it, and are then able to make the best of everything that you are handed. The darkness is only frightening after constant sunshine. — Criss Jami

Simon Templar was a man who couldn't help spreading melodrama all around him like an infectious disease. — Leslie Charteris

It had never occurred to me that simply being with a fellow prisoner would make me feel like I was still in prison. — Elizabeth Wein