Yankeedom Culture Quotes & Sayings

It's important. One of the principles in the United States is civilian control of the military. — Wesley Clark

I was posted to China in the summer of 1988, which was the greatest time ever, I think, to have been in China. — John Pomfret

If salt ocean is the Great Mother from whom all life has sprung, fresh water is the Nurse entrusted to nourish life within her wanderings and around her wave-lapped margins. — Henry Williamson

The man who is an initiate of one of the great Mystery Schools never fears to let his pupils outdistance him, because he knows that it stands him in good stead with his superiors if he is constantly sending up to them aspirants who 'make good.' He therefore never tries to hold back a promising pupil, because he has no need to fear that pupil, if allowed to penetrate into the Mysteries, would spy out the nakedness of the land; he will rather bring back a report of its exceeding richness, and thereby confirm the statements of his teacher and spur his fellow pupils to yet greater eagerness. — Dion Fortune

I learned my realism from guys like Kafka. — Robert Coover

Our degeneration, when it is traced back to its origin in our view of the world really consists in the fact that true optimism has vanished unperceived from our midst. — Albert Schweitzer

Now I become myself. It's taken time, many years and places. — May Sarton

I don't walk around with a cowboy hat. I did get a tattoo that says 'cowboy' that's a bit of an over-compensation, probably. — Ronnie Dunn

Tequila--a sure cure for monogamy. — Lois Greiman

I think often in film we limit our imaginations a little - well, quite a lot, actually ... things get quite formulaic. — Hugo Weaving

Economy is a subject which admits of being treated with levity, but it cannot so be disposed of. — Henry David Thoreau