If, at first, the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it.
~ Albert Einstein

Life begins at the end of the comfort zone.

A sincere giver of a gift expects nothing in return. Even a meal is offered without anticipation of a token of appreciation for the hostess as etiquette suggests.

1. The fool understands the phrase “something than which nothing greater can be thought.”
2. Hence, “something than which nothing greater can be thought” exists at least in the fool’s mind.
3. It is greater to exist in reality than to exist in the mind alone.
4. So if “that than which nothing greater can be thought” existed only in the fool’s mind, it would be possible to think of something greater (the same thing existing in reality).
5. But this would be a contradiction, since it is impossible to think of something greater than “that than which nothing greater can be thought.”
6. Hence “something than which nothing greater can be thought” must exist both in the fool’s mind and in reality. God exists!
~ St. Anselm of Canterbury

The liberals love the poor, the meek and the oppressed in theory. It's the actual poor, meek and oppressed they have a problem with.

Suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not put us to shame.
~ Romans 5:3-5

I've noticed that everyone who is for abortion is already born.
~ Ronald Reagan

Many people want to serve God, but only as advisors.

To certain individuals of small mind and overweening ambition, there is no greater insult than to be proved wrong.

The real problem is not why some pious, humble, believing people suffer, but why some do not.
~ C.S. Lewis

I never said I was worth it. I only said I wouldn't do it for less.
~ William F. Buckley

Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today.
~ James Dean

I have often felt a bitter sense of sorrow at the thought of the German people, which is so estimable in the individual and so wretched in the generality.
~ Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

The difference between fiction and reality: Fiction must make sense.

Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.
~ Ronald Reagan

It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his job depends on not understanding it.
~ Upton Sinclair

I'm not too worried about the deficit. It's big enough to take care of itself.
~ Ronald Reagan

No-one arrives in Hell surprised.
~ St. Robert Bellarmine

Abundance breeds arrogance.
~ Argentinian proverb

When the eyes leak, the head won't swell.