Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts. — Winston Churchill

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Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. ― Calvin Coolidge

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Religion is still useful among the herd - that it helps their orderly conduct as nothing else could. The crude human animal is in-eradicably superstitious, and there is every biological reason why they should be. Take away his Christian god and saints, and he will worship something else...

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If you don't want a generation of robots, fund the arts! ― Cath Crowley

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Self-discovery is above all the realization that we are alone.

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There are three ways to ultimate success: The first way is to be kind. The second way is to be kind. The third way is to be kind. — Mister Rogers

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Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. ― Winston Churchill

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Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same. -- Ronald Reagan

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Human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected. ― George Washington

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What I like about the Carpenter take on The Thing is the fact that it just has so much suspense. It seemed like a different story, with the horror elements. Those films that really speak to the primal fear that we, as human beings, have about the unknown have always intrigued me. That's the really scary thing, not the slasher, macabre movies.

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