You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality. (Ayn Rand)

A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both. (Dwight D. Eisenhower , Inaugural Address, January 20, 1953)

I think ‘Hail to the Chief’ has a nice ring to it. (John F. Kennedywhen asked what is his favorite song)

Life is pleasant.Death is peaceful.It’s the transition that’s troublesome. (Isaac Asimov)

I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use. (Galileo Galilei)