Noam Chomsky (activist, American, 1928-now) ... Everybody's worried about stopping terrorism. Well, there's a really easy way: stop participating in it.
Dalai Lama (religious leader, Tibetan, 1935-now) ... My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.
Charles Lamb (writer, English, 1775-1834) ... I always arrive late at the office, but I make up for it by leaving early.
Sophocles (playwright, Greek, 496-406 BC ) ... To him who is in fear everything rustles.
John Barrymore (actor, American, 1882-1942) ... A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams.
Matthew Henry (clergyman, English, 1662-1714) ... It is not talking but walking that will bring us to heaven.
Anonymous (everyman, worldwide, eternally) ... Nought's strange as folk.
Heraclitus (Philosopher, Greek, 544-483 BC) ... Bigotry is the sacred disease.
Washington Irving (writer, American, 1783-1859) ... The sorrow for the dead is the only sorrow from which we refuse to be divorced. Every other wound we seek to heal - every other affliction to forget: but this wound we consider it a duty to keep open - this affliction we cherish and brood over in solitude.
Bo Bennett (businessman, American, 1972-now) ... Be friendly to everyone. Those who deserve it the least need it the most.
John Ruskin (writer, English, 1819-1900) ... The purest and most thoughtful minds are those which love colour the most.
Simone de Beauvoir (writer, French, 1908-1986) ... To catch a husband is an art; to hold him is a job.
Thomas Jefferson (President and statesman, America's first foodie, 1743-1826) ... No occupation is so delightful to me as the culture of the earth, and no culture comparable to that of the garden.
George Burns (comedian, American, 1896-1996) ... Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.
Walter Scott (novelist, Scottish, 1771-1832) ... He is the best sailor who can steer within fewest points of the wind, and exact a motive power out of the greatest obstacles.
Charles Kuralt (journalist, American, 1934-1997) ... I believe that writing is derivative. I think good writing comes from good reading.
Mark Twain (author, American, 1835-1910) ... If it's your job to eat a frog, it's best to do it first thing in the morning. And If it's your job to eat two frogs, it's best to eat the biggest one first.
Henri Nouwen (clergyman, Dutch, 1932-1996) ... Friendship has always belonged to the core of my spiritual journey.
Thomas Aquinas (theologian, Italian, 1225-1274) ... Sorrow can be alleviated by good sleep, a bath and a glass of wine.
Mae West (actress, American,1893-1980) ... Keep a diary, and some day it will keep you.
Charles Dickens (novelist, English, 1812-1870) ... A day wasted on others is not wasted on one's self.
Samuel Goldwyn (movie producer, American, 1882-1974) ... Include me out.
Lou Holtz (coach, American, 1937-now) ... If you burn your neighbors house down, it doesn't make your house look any better.
Cicero (statesman, Roman, 106-43 BC) ... If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.
John Steinbeck (author, American, 1902-1968) ... If you're in trouble, or hurt or need - go to the poor people. They're the only ones that'll help - the only ones.
John Dewey (philosopher, American, 1859-1952) ... No man's credit is as good as his money.
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