Quotes

A few quotes collected over the years....

"It's a rare man wh is taken for what he truly is," he said. "There is much misjudgment in the world. Now I knew you for a unicorn when I first saw you, and I know that I am your friend. Yet you take me for a clown, or a clod, or a betrayer, and so must I be if you see me so. The magic on you is only magic and it will vanish as soon as you are free, but the enchantment of error that you put on me I must wear forever in your eyes. We are not always what we seem and hardly ever what we dream." - Peter S. Beagle, from The Last Unicorn

Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard no more: It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing." - Shakespeare, MacBeth

"Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day, saying, 'I will try again tomorrow.' " Mary Ann Radmacher (thanks to Jeff Holes.)

"Life is eternal, and love is immortal, and death is only a horizon; and a horizon is nothing save the lmit of our sight." Rossiter Worthington Raymond (thanks again to Jeff Holes.)

"He knows not his own strength that hath not met adversity." - Ben Johnson

"I know it will come as a shock to most script writers, but the majority of American sdon't use four-letter words at a rate of five to a sentence. One does find, too, in contrast to the world as reflected in the movies, people who talk about subjects other than sex and making money. There are millions of people in business who don't cheat their customers or deliberately pollute the envionrment. Millions of Americans worship in churches and synagogues whose spiritual leaders are not child molesters or money-grubbing charlatans.
"Truth is not only stranger than fiction, but these days is lovelier, healthier, more decent and more inspiring. We can all be thankful that Amiercan is not the seedy, cynical, vugar, corrupt country reflected in the movies." - Charley Reese

"Character contributes to beauty,. It fortifies a woman as her youth fades. A mode of conduct, a standard of courage, discipline, fortitude and integrity can do a great deal to make a woman beautiful." - Jacqueline Bisset