Customers tend to avoid a restaurant that's going aswamp in its own sludge.
Boats and ships are female because they are beautiful, lovable, expensive and unpredictable.
[T]here seems to have been an actual decline in rational thinking. The United States had become a place where entertainers and professional athletes were mistaken for people of importance. They were idolized and treated as leaders; their opinions were sought on everything and they took themselves just as seriously-after all, if an athlete is paid a million or more a year, he knows he is important. . . so his opinions of foreign affairs and domestic policies must be important, too, even though he proves himself to be ignorant and subliterate every time he opens his mouth.
Don't tell me violence doesn't solve anything. Look at Carthage.
It is better to copulate than never.
You can sway a thousand men by appealing to their prejudices quicker than you can convince one man by logic.
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, (cont. Specialization is for insects.
Sometimes I can hear my bones straining under the weight of all the lives I'm not living.
God would love to piece together the shattered fragments of your life. But He is waiting. . . graciously waiting until the time is right. Until you are tired of the life you are living. . . until you see it for what it really is. Until you are weary of coping. . . of taking charge of your own life. . . until you realize the mess you are making of it. Until you recognize your need for Him. . . He's waiting.
We have a system which, though far from perfect, is strong with idealism. It gives elbow room for men of all races and all beliefs. It is vital and dynamic. And it works. We have the means of shaping the world in our pattern. If we do, freedom will be assured for all men. The decision is in the hands of this generation. It is a challenge to our political competence. For Western civilization it is the greatest challenge of all time.
What have you done?' he said, his voice hollow and strained. He stepped back and put his fists to his temples. 'What have you done!' With an effort, Eragon said, 'Made you understand.