Hubris

“God discovered birds and he created trees. Man discovered birds and he created cages.”

"Show me a man who is trying to save the world and I'll show you a man who has no problems of his own or is willfully ignoring them."

"... he's a very high-minded humanitarian type who's traveled all around the world to look at poor people, and while the two of them are lounging around one of her gorgeous houses he gets wrought up and says, 'Ellen, Ellen, do you know what it is to be truly hungry:' and she says, 'I'm hungry right now!"

                             --Movie - Leave Her To Heaven

"He was a man of many ideals and no principals."
                    -- An Historian's description of Woodrow Wilson.

"What the Iron Maiden was to stupid tyrants, the committee is to the wise; less messy, considerably more efficient, and, best of all, you had to force people to climb inside the Iron Maiden."

"We didn't intend the Empire. It just became a bad habit."

                   --'Making Money'

"We finally cleaned up public housing in New Orleans.We couldn't do it, but God did."

                      --GOP Rep. Richard Baker, 9/8/05

"Now tell me the truth boys, is this kind of fun?"

                    --Tom DeLay to three young evacuees, at the jammed Astrodome 9/9/05

Two Wolves: One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside all people. He said, "My son, the battle is between two "wolves" inside us all. One is Evil. It is anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self|pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego. The other is Good. It is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion and faith."

The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather: "Which wolf wins?"

The old Cherokee simply replied, "The one you feed."

"It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so. "