Category: Quote of the Week

“All the prophets of doom Can always find room In a world full of worry and fear Tips, cigarettes, And chemistry sets And Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer So I’m goin’ back To my little ol’ shack And drink me a bottle of wine That was mis en bouteille Before my birthday And have me a fantastic time! Rain on a tin roof sounds like a drum We’re marchin’ for freedom today … hey! Turn on your headlights and sound your horn If people get in the way” – Excerpted lyrics from The “Protest Song” parody of Bob Dylan.

“I wonder,” [Ashley Wilkes] said.  “I wonder not only what will become of us at Tara but what will become of everybody in the South.”   [Scarlett O’Hara] felt like snapping out abruptly: “To h*ll with everybody in the South!  What about us?” but she remained silent because the tired feeling was back on her more strongly than ever.  Ashley wasn’t being any help at all. [Ashley continued] “In the end what will happen will be what has happened whenever a civilization breaks up.  The people who have brains and courage come through and the ones who haven’t are winnowed …

"It is the season for the Perfect Storm, and it is starting to rain." – J. McCauley

“O! that a man might know The end of this day’s business, ere it come; But it sufficeth that the day will end, And then the end is known.” – William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, Act V, Scene 1

"By a continuing process of inflation, government can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part of the wealth of their citizens." – John Maynard Keynes, in his book "Economic Consequences of Peace"

“Brethren, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved. For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge. For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God. For Christ [is] the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.” – Romans 10:1-4 (KJV)

“In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion. Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline thine ear unto me, and save me. Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou [art] my rock and my fortress. Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man. For thou [art] my hope, O Lord GOD: [thou art] my trust from my youth.” – Psalm 71:1-5 (KJV)

"We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations." – Charles R. Swindoll

"Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once."  – Shakespeare, Julius Caesar Act II, Scene II

"Democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts and murders itself. There was never a democracy that did not commit suicide." – John Adams

"Never ascribe to conspiracy what stupidity and self-interest will cover." – John Washburn

"The house of every one is to him as his castle and fortress, as well for his defence against injury and violence, as for his repose." – Sir Edward Coke, English Jurist

“For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: [it is] the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.” – Ephesians 2:8-10 (KJV)

“In the LORD put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee [as] a bird to your mountain? For, lo, the wicked bend [their] bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart. If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do? The LORD [is] in his holy temple, the LORD’S throne [is] in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men. The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth. Upon the wicked he shall rain …

“I don’t subscribe to coincidence, Corporal. I believe that, no matter how random things might appear, there’s still a plan.” – Liam Neeson as Col. Hannibal Smith, The A-Team. (Screenplay by Joe Carnahan, Brian Bloom and Skip Woods)