“I mean to express the quality of a memory, in order to say something about this life we live, so much of which is fugitive, so much of which is lost in the living of it.”

― Robert Bausch, 1945-2018, writer, from “As Far As The Eye Can See”

“Rudeness is the weak man’s imitation of strength.”

Eric Hoffer, author, philosopher, Quotes for Now

“The modern conservative is engaged in one of man’s oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.”

“We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American Eagle in order to feather their own nests.”

– Franklin D. Roosevelt, statesman, president, political figure

“I don’t think inspiration just comes from the sky. I think you have to sit down and you have to work. Sometimes it’s really hard, and sometimes things come easier, but really you have to show up, you have to get to work, and you have to have determination.”

Tara Donovan, sculptor

“Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe”

H. G. Wells, writer

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“You can’t learn less”

R. Buckminster Fuller, architect, writer, inventor

“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.”