"I pass over the toil and suffering and danger which attended the redemption and cultivation of their lands by the colonists, and turn to their civil condition and to the conduct and history of the government."

“Every time we give our word, it counts. For the most part, most people give it entirely too often. Our word is a precious commodity and should be treated as such....”

“If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door.”

“There ain't no ticks like poly-ticks. Bloodsuckers all.”

“There is one thing you have got to learn about our movement. Three people are better than no people.”

“A fundamental element of human nature is the need for creative work, for creative inquiry, for free creation without the arbitrary limiting effects of coercive institutions. A decent society should maximize the possibilities for this fundamental human characteristic to be realized.”

“We are, perhaps, uniquely among the earth's creatures, the worrying animal. We worry away our lives, fearing the future, discontent with the present, unable to take in the idea of dying, unable to sit still.”

Source : Lewis Thomas (1990). “A Long Line of Cells Collected Essays”

“I have gotten disturbed at some of the Democrats' anti-business behavior, the sentiment, the attacks on work ethic and successful people. I think it's very counter-productive.”

“I have a deep-down belief that there are folks in the world who are good through and through, and others who came in mean and will go out mean. It's like coffee. Once it's roasted, it all looks brown. Until you pour hot water on it and see what comes out. Folks get into hot water, you see what comes out.”

Source : Nancy E. Turner (2010). “Sarah's Quilt: A Novel of Sarah Agnes Prine and the Arizona Territories, 1906”, p.265, Macmillan