Trauernicht Quotes & Sayings

To claim, at a dead party, to have spotted a grackle,
When in fact you haven't of late, can do no harm. — Richard Wilbur

Schools [are] ... institutions monopolizing the daytimes of childhood. — John Taylor Gatto

The Bible is not such a book a man would write if he could, or could write if he would. — Lewis Sperry Chafer

I find George Bush and Dick Cheney frightening, Donald Rumsfeld and John Ashcroft frightening. — Barbra Streisand

I almost forgot what it's like to be proud of my government. — Edward Norton

The effectiveness of an inspired bishop, adviser, or teacher has very little to do with the outward trappings of power or an abundance of this world's goods. The leaders who have the most influence are usually those who set hearts afire with devotion to the truth, who make obedience to duty seem the essence of manhood, who transform some ordinary routine occurrence so that it becomes a vista where we see the person we aspire to be. — Thomas S. Monson

It is the wit and policy of sin to hate those we have abused. — William Davenant

The biggest thing I've learned is to listen to my own gut. I have learned to trust my instincts. — Jeff Foxworthy