"Nothing succeeds like reports of success."

“Anybody looking for a quiet life has picked the wrong century to born in.”

Source : Whittaker Chambers (1989). “Ghosts on the Roof: Selected Journalism of Whittaker Chambers, 1931-1959”, Gateway Books

“When in doubt, blow something up.”

“I think the black man in America wants to be recognized as a human being; and it's almost impossible for one who has enslaved another to bring himself to accept the person who used to pull his plow, who used to be an animal, subhuman, who used to be considered as such by him-it's almost impossible for that person in his right mind to accept that person as his equal.”

“I pay attention to lyrics and I know what rap fans care about. I try to write for the average listener and I'm conscious of the mainstream without selling out.”

“There is no place in "our Army" for those who sexually harass or intimidate others, or whose use of alcohol or drugs degrades themselves and the soldiers around them.”

“Yesterday is rarely too early but tomorrow is frequently too late.”

“We are a people as all other peoples; we do not have any intentions to be better than the rest We do not have to account to anybody, we are not to sit for anybody's examination and nobody is old enough to call on us to answer. We came before them and will leave after them. We are what we are, we are good for ourselves, we will not change, nor do we want to.”

“It is my firm conviction that man has nothing to gain, emotionally or otherwise, by adhering to a falsehood, regardless of how comfortable or sacred that falsehood may appear.”

Source : George H. Smith (2010). “Atheism: The Case Against God”, p.10, Prometheus Books