Dictionary of Quotes

Quotes :

1. Henry Steele Commager – history "For a people to be without history, or to be ignorant of its history, is as for a man to be without memory - condemned forever to make the same discoveries that have been made in the past, invent the same techniques, wrestle with the same problems, commit the same errors; and condemned, too, to forfeit the rich pleasures of recollection. Indeed, just as it…


2. "This was a dangerous, uncontrolled reaction… "This was a dangerous, uncontrolled reaction because the magnesium particles were spilling out of the dumpster and releasing gas. If our inspectors hadn't intervened, this dangerous conduct could well have led to a serious fire or explosion." - Steve Owens


3. Artemus Ward – statesman “Why don't you show us a statesman who can rise up to the emergency, and cave in the emergency's head.”Artemus Ward (pseudonym of Charles Farrar Browne)


4. William A. Ward – mountain "Better to master one mountain than a thousand foothills." -William A. Ward