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The greatest danger that threatens us is neither heterodox thought nor orthodox thought, but the absence of thought.
— Henry Steele Commager
I only knew about daily life. It was said, well, it isn't everybody's daily life. That is why I started.
— Martha Gellhorn
Masterpieces are only lucky attempts.
— George Sand
America was born of revolt, flourished on dissent, became great through experimentation.
— Henry Steele Commager
We should not be surprised that the Founding Fathers didn't foresee everything, when we see that the current Fathers hardly ever foresee anything.
— Henry Steele Commager
It's awfully hard to be the son of a great man and also of a half-crazy woman.
— Henry Steele Commager
Change does not necessarily assure progress, but progress implacably requires change.
— Henry Steele Commager
Anything about anyone is attractive as long as they're the kind of person who can be attractive however that comes about. Including scars.
— Kristen Ashley
What every college must do is hold up before the young the spectacle of greatness.
— Henry Steele Commager
They don't listen to me, they don't hear me, they don't see me.
— Nikolai Gogol
The greatest danger we face is not any particular kind of thought. The greatest danger we face is absence of thought.
— Henry Steele Commager
I left Earth three times and found no other place to go. Please take care of Spaceship Earth.
— Wally Schirra
Censorship always defeats it own purpose, for it creates in the end the kind of society that is incapable of exercising real discretion.
— Henry Steele Commager
English rain feels obligatory, like paperwork. It dampens already damn days and slicks the stones.
— Maureen Johnson
There are no coincidences in the universe, only convergences of Will, Intent, and Experience.
— Neale Donald Walsch
The boldest stroke and best act of friendship is not to disclose our own failings to a friend, but to show him his own.
— Francois De La Rochefoucauld
Education is essential to change, for education creates both new wants and the ability to satisfy them.
— Henry Steele Commager
The Americans who framed our Constitution felt that without freedom of religion no other freedom counted.
— Henry Steele Commager
Our best people don't go into politics.
— Henry Steele Commager
History is organized memory, and the organization is all important!
— Henry Steele Commager
I want to keep playing strong female roles. I don't mean superheroes, but women who are really alive.
— Bel Powley
Breezy daysdeserve the union
of two old friends. — Sanober Khan