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I never had a single conversation about politics with Ross Perot in my life; still haven't. — James Stockdale

They can shout down the head of the physics department at Cal Tech. — James Stockdale

Don't lower your standards for anything or anyone. — Rihanna

I was commanding officer of a supersonic fighter squadron, F-8 Crusaders. — James Stockdale

The elimination of toxins awakens the capacity for renewal. — Deepak Chopra

Crooked Warden," said Locke, "men are stupid. Protect us from ourselves. If you can't, let it be quick and painless. — Scott Lynch

W- Work of Art
A- Achiever
R- Resilient
R- Radical
I- Independent
O- Organized
R- Resourceful — Shannon L. Alder

A liberally educated person meets new ideas with curiosity and fascination. An illiberally educated person meets new ideas with fear. — James Stockdale

In order to do something you must be something. — James Stockdale

I think character is permanent, and issues are transient. — James Stockdale

The guy that just arranges things so that the stock market holds up is nobody in my - in my estimation. — James Stockdale

Sybil's my wife, and on the first day of October, that's the first time I knew Ross was going to run. — James Stockdale

So the first thing that went on was to decide ... trying to find a time when we could get reprisal raids out. — James Stockdale

The challenge of education is not to prepare a person for success, but to prepare him for failure. — James Stockdale

The worst thing that can happen is death and that's not the worst thing in the world either. — James Stockdale

It is in disaster, not success, that the heros and the bums really get sorted out. — James Stockdale

Great leaders gain authority by giving it away. — James Stockdale

If we want scientists and engineers in the future, we should be cultivating the girls as much as the boys. — Sally Ride

Entitlement and privelege corrupt. — James Stockdale

There was nothing there but black water and American fire power. — James Stockdale

Could anything possibly be more humorous than believing in the depth or in the depravity of the Parisian character? — Stendhal

I thought I was going to the NBA, but God knows, I'm not tall enough. I don't know what I was thinking. — Tequan Richmond

Do the right thing even if it means dying like a dog when no one's there to see you do it. — James Stockdale

And we had our own laws. I mean, I wrote them. And we had our own customs, and traditions, and proprieties. — James Stockdale