Witherell Auctions Quotes & Sayings

My books are about losers, about people who've lost their way and are engaged in a search. — Antonio Tabucchi

Knowledge is power. Knowledge is what makes information valuable. For knowledge to be useful, it must be acted upon. Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. (John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, 1834 - 1902). All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. (Edmund Burke, 1729-1797) A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul. (George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950). We must never take our freedom for granted. — Al Zelczer

It is terrible to see how a single unclear idea, a single formula without meaning, lurking in a young man's head, will sometimes act like an obstruction of inert matter in an artery, hindering the nutrition of the brain and condemning its victim to pine away in the fullness of his intellectual vigor and in the midst of intellectual plenty. — Charles Sanders Peirce

Social media has created a historical shift from the historically powerful to the historically powerless. Now everyone has a voice. — Sheryl Sandberg

We are so constituted that we can gain intense pleasure only from the contrast, and only very little from the condition itself. — Sigmund Freud

Unless it grows out of yourself no knowledge is really yours, it is only borrowed plumage. — D.T. Suzuki

It's very important for the coming times to have a sound economic base and to be as mobile as possible. The energy lines will be shifting strongly as we enter into the end phase of the earth's cycle. — Frederick Lenz

It seems that if our species ever eradicates itself through war, it will not be because it was written in the stars but because it was written in our books; it is what we do with words like 'God' and 'paradise' and 'sin' in the present that will determine our future. — Sam Harris

That execution will take place here." She runs her fingertips over the table beneath her. "On this table. I thought it would be interesting to show you."
"I knew what would happen when I came here," I say. "It's just a table. And I'd like to go back to my room now. — Veronica Roth

They say politics is a contact sport, and I have to agree with that. — Steve Largent

We know that if one man's rights are denied, the rights of all are endangered. — Robert Kennedy

We learn from trials and errors. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I unfortunately still crave chicken McNuggets and bacon, which is the meat candy of the world. — Katy Perry

Time marches on and sooner or later you realize it is marching across your face. — Dolly Parton

I never believed that my service in the U.S. Congress should become a permanent career. — Mike Ross