“Cleaning anything involves making something else dirty, but anything can get dirty without something else getting clean.”
"You can always tell a real friend: When you’ve made a fool of yourself he doesn’t feel you’ve done a permanent job."
- Laurence J. Peter
Relationships
"Fortune knocks but once, but misfortune has much more patience."
- Laurence J. Peter
Adversity
"You can always tell a real friend: when you've made a fool of yourself he doesn't feel you've done a permanent job."
- Laurence J. Peter
Forgiveness
"The seaman tells stories of winds, the ploughman of bulls; the soldier details his wounds, the shepherd his sheep."
- Laurence J. Peter
Reflection
"Speak when you are angry, and you’ll make the best speech you’ll ever regret."
- Laurence J. Peter
Wisdom
"It is at the moment of death that humanity has value."
- Archer
Philosophy
"Religion, ideology, resources, land, spite, love or just because… No matter how pathetic the reason, it’s enough to start a war. War will never cease to exist… reasons can be thought up after the fact… Human nature pursues strife."
- Paine
Philosophy
"Christmas is a necessity. There has to be at least one day of the year to remind us that we’re here for something else besides ourselves."
- Eric Sevareid
Philosophy
"Maybe Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store. Maybe Christmas...perhaps...means a little bit more!"
- Theodor Seuss Geisel
Philosophy
"Christmas is built upon a beautiful and intentional paradox; that the birth of the homeless should be celebrated in every home."
- G.K. Chesterton
Philosophy