"War demands sacrifice of the people. It gives only suffering in return."

“The time to begin most things is ten years ago.”

Source : "The Complete Neurotic's Notebook". Book by Mignon McLaughlin, 1981.

“There is some schedule showing what you (need) to do to get Iraqis standing up and defending themselves which is now suddenly beginning to happen, so there are some signs of progress.”

“I mean that what makes me a professional, but the market itself has been fabulous during this whole period and I've got to give the market credit before I give myself credit.”

“As for women that do not think their own safety worth their thought, that impatient of their present state, resolve as they call it to take the first good Christian that comes; that runs into matrimony, as a horse rushes into battle; I can say nothing to them, but this, that they are a sort of ladies that are to be pray'd for among the rest of distemper'd people; and to me they look like people that venture their whole estates in a lottery where there is a hundred thousand blanks to one prize.”

“All the other stuff without love? Not worth a whole lot. Love starts with ourselves and needs to be approached like anything else we want to master-with a lot of diligent studying and practicing!”

“'Understanding' art is like having a sense of humour - if you don't have one, no amount of explanation is going to make you laugh.”

Source : Source: briansherwin-artcritic.blogspot.com

“My daughters are the heart of my heart and the center of my world”

“There has been a strong tradition in this country that it is not the function of the military to educate the public on political issues.”

Source : William Graham Sumner (1903). “What Social Classes Owe to Each Other”, p.31, Ludwig von Mises Institute