Volcanologists Studying Quotes & Sayings

When economic interest is seen behind the political clauses of the Constitution, then the document becomes not simply the work of wise men trying to establish a decent and orderly society, but the work of certain groups trying to maintain their privileges, while giving just enough rights and liberties to enough of the people to ensure popular support. — Howard Zinn

I wanted to emulate my father. I wanted to be as tough as he was. I wanted to do the things that he did. I watched him. — Arnold Palmer

There are plenty of ways to get ahead. The first is so basic I'm almost embarrassed to say it: spend less than you earn. — Paul Clitheroe

There was still something I could do: I could tell the world. — Leslie H. Hardman

Unwittingly, evil serves as a beacon to warn others away from its own shoals. Because most of us have been graced by an almost instinctive sense of horror at the outrageousness of evil, when we recognize its presence, our own personalities are honed by the awareness of its existence. Our consciousness of it is a signal to purify ourselves. It was evil, for instance, that raised Christ to the cross, thereby enabling us to see him from afar. Our personal involvement in the fight against evil in the world is one of the ways we grow. — M. Scott Peck

I think the '60s were an extraordinary time. I feel bad for the kids today who missed this wonderful confluence, which was simultaneously a confluence of the global and the mythological. — Peter Coyote