Quotes by American authors

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Small: Evolution has long been the target of illogical arguments that use presumption
Marilyn vos Savant
"Evolution has long been the target of illogical arguments that use presumption"
Marilyn vos Savant, Author
Small: Be able to back up a car for a considerable distance in a straight line and back out of a driveway
Marilyn vos Savant
"Be able to back up a car for a considerable distance in a straight line and back out of a driveway"
Marilyn vos Savant, Author
Small: To acquire knowledge, one must study but to acquire wisdom, one must observe
Marilyn vos Savant
"To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe"
Marilyn vos Savant, Author
Small: What you do today can improve all your tomorrows
Ralph Marston
"What you do today can improve all your tomorrows"
Ralph Marston, Writer
Small: Welcome those big, sticky, complicated problems. In them are your most powerful opportunities
Ralph Marston
"Welcome those big, sticky, complicated problems. In them are your most powerful opportunities"
Ralph Marston, Writer
Small: The keys to patience are acceptance and faith. Accept things as they are, and look realistically at the world
Ralph Marston
"The keys to patience are acceptance and faith. Accept things as they are, and look realistically at the world around you. Have faith in yourself and in the direction you have chosen"
Ralph Marston, Writer
Small: Rest when youre weary. Refresh and renew yourself, your body, your mind, your spirit. Then get back to work
Ralph Marston
"Rest when you're weary. Refresh and renew yourself, your body, your mind, your spirit. Then get back to work"
Ralph Marston, Writer
Small: Education is not a problem. Education is an opportunity
Lyndon B. Johnson
"Education is not a problem. Education is an opportunity"
Lyndon B. Johnson, President
Small: Ill try anything once, twice if I like it, three times to make sure
Mae West
"I'll try anything once, twice if I like it, three times to make sure"
Mae West, Actress
Small: Only our individual faith in freedom can keep us free
Dwight D. Eisenhower
"Only our individual faith in freedom can keep us free"
Dwight D. Eisenhower, President
Small: The question isnt at what age I want to retire, its at what income
George Foreman
"The question isn't at what age I want to retire, it's at what income"
George Foreman, Athlete
Small: If you see a snake, just kill it - dont appoint a committee on snakes
Ross Perot
"If you see a snake, just kill it - don't appoint a committee on snakes"
Ross Perot, Businessman
Small: The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary
Vince Lombardi
"The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary"
Vince Lombardi, Coach
Small: Winning isnt everything, its the only thing
Vince Lombardi
"Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing"
Vince Lombardi, Coach
Small: Treasure the love you receive above all. It will survive long after your good health has vanished
Og Mandino
"Treasure the love you receive above all. It will survive long after your good health has vanished"
Og Mandino, Author
Small: Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people
"Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people"
W. C. Fields, Comedian
Small: Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new
Og Mandino
"Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new"
Og Mandino, Author
Small: I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something and because I cannot d
Helen Keller
"I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something that I can do"
Helen Keller, Author
Small: About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to steal with good judgment
Josh Billings
"About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to steal with good judgment"
Josh Billings, Comedian
Small: It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in p
Samuel Adams
"It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds"
Samuel Adams, Revolutionary
Small: Heights by great men reached and kept were not obtained by sudden flight but, while their companions slept, th
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
"Heights by great men reached and kept were not obtained by sudden flight but, while their companions slept, they were toiling upward in the night"
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Poet
Small: It is difficult to know at what moment love begins it is less difficult to know that it has begun
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
"It is difficult to know at what moment love begins; it is less difficult to know that it has begun"
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Poet
Small: In this world a man must either be anvil or hammer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
"In this world a man must either be anvil or hammer"
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Poet
Small: The mark of your ignorance is the depth of your belief in injustice and tragedy. What the caterpillar calls th
Richard Bach
"The mark of your ignorance is the depth of your belief in injustice and tragedy. What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the Master calls the butterfly"
Richard Bach, Novelist
Small: Here is the test to find whether your mission on Earth is finished: if youre alive, it isnt
Richard Bach
"Here is the test to find whether your mission on Earth is finished: if you're alive, it isn't"
Richard Bach, Novelist
Small: Here is a test to find whether your mission on Earth is finished: If youre alive, it isnt
Richard Bach
"Here is a test to find whether your mission on Earth is finished: If you're alive, it isn't"
Richard Bach, Novelist
Small: Very likely education does not make very much difference
Gertrude Stein
"Very likely education does not make very much difference"
Gertrude Stein, Author
Small: Our passionate preoccupation with the sky, the stars, and a God somewhere in outer space is a homing impulse.
Eric Hoffer
"Our passionate preoccupation with the sky, the stars, and a God somewhere in outer space is a homing impulse. We are drawn back to where we came from"
Eric Hoffer, Writer
Small: It is the child in man that is the source of his uniqueness and creativeness, and the playground is the optima
Eric Hoffer
"It is the child in man that is the source of his uniqueness and creativeness, and the playground is the optimal milieu for the unfolding of his capacities and talents"
Eric Hoffer, Writer
Small: Those in possession of absolute power can not only prophesy and make their prophecies come true, but they can
Eric Hoffer
"Those in possession of absolute power can not only prophesy and make their prophecies come true, but they can also lie and make their lies come true"
Eric Hoffer, Writer
Small: Sixty years ago I knew everything now I know nothing education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance
Will Durant
"Sixty years ago I knew everything; now I know nothing; education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance"
Will Durant, Historian
Small: Computers themselves, and software yet to be developed, will revolutionize the way we learn
Steve Jobs
"Computers themselves, and software yet to be developed, will revolutionize the way we learn"
Steve Jobs, Businessman
Small: The problem isnt that Johnny cant read. The problem isnt even that Johnny cant think. The problem is that John
"The problem isn't that Johnny can't read. The problem isn't even that Johnny can't think. The problem is that Johnny doesn't know what thinking is; he confuses it with feeling"
Thomas Sowell, Economist
Small: I love you is the inscription on Pandoras box
"I love you is the inscription on Pandora's box"
Mason Cooley, Writer
Small: Why should society feel responsible only for the education of children, and not for the education of all adult
Erich Fromm
"Why should society feel responsible only for the education of children, and not for the education of all adults of every age?"
Erich Fromm, Psychologist
Small: Only the person who has faith in himself is able to be faithful to others
Erich Fromm
"Only the person who has faith in himself is able to be faithful to others"
Erich Fromm, Psychologist
Small: I was known as the chief grave robber of my state
Dan Quayle
"I was known as the chief grave robber of my state"
Dan Quayle, Vice President
Small: Every person is the architect of their own fortune
Jordan Belfort
"Every person is the architect of their own fortune"
Jordan Belfort, Author
Small: Successful people are 100% convinced that they are masters of their own destiny, theyre not creatures of circu
Jordan Belfort
"Successful people are 100% convinced that they are masters of their own destiny, they're not creatures of circumstance, they create circumstance if the circumstances around them suck they change them"
Jordan Belfort, Author
Small: Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all
George Washington
"Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all"
George Washington, President
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