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The fellow that agrees with everything you say is either a fool or he is getting ready to skin you.
The fellow that agrees with everything you say is either a fool or he is getting ready to skin you.
I can bring you to the door, but you have to walk through.
I can bring you to the door, but you have to walk through.
It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it.
It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it.
We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.
We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.
No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but read more
No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be.
We are given one life, and the decision is our whether to wait for circumstances to make up our mind, read more
We are given one life, and the decision is our whether to wait for circumstances to make up our mind, or whether to act, and in acting, to live.
Decisiveness is often the art of timely cruelty.
Decisiveness is often the art of timely cruelty.
If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.
If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.
Everything starts with yourself -- with you making up your mind about what you're going to do with your life. read more
Everything starts with yourself -- with you making up your mind about what you're going to do with your life. I tell kids that it's a cruel world, and that the world will bend them either left or right, and it's up to them to decide which way to bend.