Pastoral Resources

Our analysis of truth and falsehood, or of the nature of judgment, is not very likely to be influenced by our hopes and fears.

I am sensible of the velocity of the moments, and entering that part of my head alert to the motion of the world I am aware that life was never perfect, never absolute. This bestows contentment, even a fearlessness.

I look upon another's insistence on the merits of his or her life - duties, intellect, accomplishment - and see that most of it is nonsense.

Both men and women are fallible. The difference is, women know it.

It will be a pity if women in the more conventional mould are to be phased out, for there will never be anyone to go home to.

Like many rich men, he thought in anecdotes; like many simple women, she thought in terms of biography.

Good women always think it is their fault when someone else is being offensive. Bad women never take the blame for anything.

There are moments when you feel free, moments when you have energy, moments when you have hope, but you can't rely on any of these things to see you through. Circumstances do that.

Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones.

When I was a kid, we had to rely on our imaginations for entertainment.

Growing up, I didn't have a lot of toys, and personal entertainment depended on individual ingenuity and imagination - think up a story and go live it for an afternoon.

Whether we look at capitalism, taxes, business, or government, the data show a clear and consistent pattern: 70 percent of Americans support the free enterprise system and are unsupportive of big government.

There is nothing inherently fair about equalizing incomes. If the government penalizes you for working harder than somebody else, that is unfair. If you save your money but retire with the same pension as a free-spending neighbor, that is also unfair.

As a political independent, I would gladly vote for any political party dedicated to limited government and entrepreneurship.

Good judgment comes from experience and experience comes from bad judgment.

If I'd have went on the ice when this thing happened, someone would have speared me or something. It's a great feeling of accomplishment and pride. They had to do it; it was their moment.

Great moments are born from great oppurtunities.

There is no single development, in either technology or management technique, which by itself promises even one order-of-magnitude improvement within a decade in productivity, in reliability, in simplicity.

We owe it to our children to be better stewards of the environment. The alternative? - a world without whales. It's too terrible to imagine.

This man called President Bush has a lot to answer for. I don't know if this man is really taking care of America. This government has been shameful.