“If there is one thing I believe in with solid certainty, it is in discussing the abstract question before what is called the practical question. In other words, it is clearing up the matter while it is moral and before it becomes merely political.” G.K. Chesterton in Illustrated London News January 7 1928, quoted in Gilbert Magazine Vol. 15 #5
“What you HABITUALLY THINK largely determines what you will ultimately become.” Bruce Lee Striking Thoughts
“Easy to call, hard to run. Let’s go!” Signature final remark in the huddle by legendary Oakland Raider QB Kenny “Snake” Stabler according to John Madden One Knee Equals Two Feet (And Everything Else You Need to Know about Football)
“I tell you naught for your comfort,/ Yea, naught for your desire,/ Save that the sky grows darker yet/ And the sea rises higher.” The Virgin Mary to Alfred the Great in G.K. Chesterton Ballad of White Horse
“Satirical humour flows from anger in the defense of something the writer thinks is important.” Jonathan Foreman in National Review March 24 1997
“The Ottawa Citizen once asked me what I would like written on my tombstone. I surprised myself because, without even thinking, I replied instantly: ‘He took part!’… I confess to making some really stupid mistakes over the years, but choosing a smooth sleep-inducing highway for a life is not one of them.” Lowell Green The Pork Chop and Other Stories
“The only really practical type of rebellion is that which is also a repentance… All real reform springs from this sense of something wrong, not only in our surroundings, but in ourselves.” G.K. Chesterton in Illustrated London News October 23 1920, quoted in Gilbert Magazine Vol. 10 #4
“In economics, things take longer to happen than you think they will, and then they happen faster than you thought they could.” Rudi Dornbusch