"The wise man sees in the misfortune of others what he should avoid."

“Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds”

Source : Charles Mackay (1996). “Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds and ConfusiÃ3n de Confusiones”, John Wiley & Sons

“Not all is doom and gloom. We are beginning to understand the natural world and are gaining a reverence for life - all life.”

“The Bible is an ancient text from an ancient context. We live thousands of miles and thousands of years away from that context, which also represents different cultures. Archaeology is a modern means of revealing both the lost record of the ancient world, and the historical and social world of the Bible. While the purpose of archaeology is not to prove the historicity of the people and events recorded in Scripture, it can help immeasurably to confirm the historical reality and accuracy of the Bible and to demonstrate that faith has a factual foundation.”

“Yet avarice is numbered among the sins, but stupidity omitted.”

“I liked the idea of all of humanity fitting inside a sugar cube because more than 99.9% of matter is space.”

“I don't like fancy fiddly girlie stuff.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“That little boy is driving well and he's putting well. He's doing everything it takes to win. So, you know what you guys do when he gets in here? You pat him on the back and say congratulations and enjoy it and tell him not serve fried chicken next year. Got it?" ... "or collard greens or whatever the hell they serve."”

Source : "Golfer says comments about Woods 'misconstrued'". www.cnn.com. April 21, 1997.

“Sometimes, as much as writing saves one’s own life, you cannot imagine how it will save another’s. This is another reason why it is important to do the work, over and over again. It is food, the kind a soul needs.”