Money is a terrible master but an excellent servant. Phineas Taylor Barnum US circus showman with James Bailey (1810 - 1891) One of the weaknesses of our age is our apparent inability to distinguish our need from our greed. Author Unknown We are living the events which for centuries to come will be minutely studied by scholars who will undoubtedly describe these days as probably the most exciting and creative in the history of mankind. But preoccupied with our daily chores, our worries and personal hopes and ambitions, few of us are actually living in the present. Lawrence K. Frank Nature abhors a vacuum. When a head lacks brains, nature fills it with conceit. Author Unknown If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, just what does an empty desk mean? Author Unknown Like swift water an active mind never stagnates. Author Unknown Mind is the great lever of all things. Daniel Webster US diplomat, lawyer, orator, & politician (1782 - 1852) The only winner in the War of 1812 was Tchaikovsky Solomon Short The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function. F. Scott Fitzgerald, "The Crack-Up" (1936) US novelist (1896 - 1940) A simple and independent mind does not toil at the bidding of any prince. Henry David Thoreau US Transcendentalist author (1817 - 1862) |