“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.”

        — Aristotle

“Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.”

        — Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Don’t worry that children never listen to you, worry that they are always watching you.”

        — Robert Fulghum

“One of the greatest victories you can gain over someone is to beat him at politeness.”

        — Josh Billings

“There are people in the world so hungry that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.”

        — Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

“I have never listened to anyone who criticised my taste in space travel, sideshows or gorillas. When this occurs, I pack up my dinosaurs and leave the room.”

        — Ray Bradbury

“The difference between a stupid man and a wise one is the stupid man’s inability to calculate the consequences of the action. The same goes for government.”

        — Brian Penton