It's A Quote

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Take on a project so difficult that you grow into the person who is able to do it.

That's a terrible idea.

Actually, it's pure genius. It's a brilliant encapsulation of the entire field of education.

Boru

[Gwaithmir]

“The feel of a canoe gunnel at the thigh, the splash of the flying spray in the face, the rhythm of the snowshoe trail, the beckoning of the far off hills and valleys, the majesty of the tempest, the calm and silent presence of the trees that seem to muse and ponder in their silence; the trust and confidence of small living creatures, the company of simple men; these have been my inspiration and guide. Without them I am nothing.” (Grey Owl) 

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

'Why should we not honestly and candidly investigate the errors and crimes of our ancestors that we many correct, reform and avoid them?' - John Adams, 1818.

Boru

[Gwaithmir]

"It pleased me to read 'Queen Mab' and 'Cain,' amidst the priests and ignorance of a hateful Roman Catholic college. And there my poets saved me from intellectual savagery." (George Moore) 

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

‘Some bring happiness wherever they go, others whenever they go.’ - Oscar Wilde

Boru

[Gwaithmir]

"A book is like a garden carried in the pocket." (Arab Proverb) 

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

'Don't join the book burners. Don't think you're going to conceal faults by concealing evidence that they ever existed..' - Dwight D. Eisenhower

Boru

[Gwaithmir]

"There is but one blasphemy, and that is injustice." (Robert G. Ingersoll) 

[Fake Messiah]

Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible. —Lord Kelvin, 1895

[Gwaithmir]

“The question before the human race is whether the God of nature shall govern the world by his own laws, or whether priests and kings shall rule it by fictitious miracles.” (Thomas Jefferson)