Pastoral Resources

Courage easily finds its own eloquence.

Courage in danger is half the battle.

Good courage in a bad affair is half of the evil overcome.

Courage consists not in hazarding without fear; but being resolutely minded in a just cause.

Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage.

Young people ask me if this country is serious about science. They aren't thinking about the passport that they will hold, but the country that they must rely on for support and encouragement.

Better to die in the pursuit of civilized values, we believed, than in a flight underground. We were offering a value system couched in the language of science.

Of course language manifests a belief only if we use its words with the implied acceptance of their appositeness.

So long as we use a certain language, all questions that we can ask will have to be formulated in it and will thereby confirm the theory of the universe which is implied in the vocabulary and structure of the language.

Harmony is an obscure and difficult musical science, but most difficult to those who are not acquainted with the Greek language; because it is necessary to use many Greek words to which there are none corresponding in Latin.

No man in the world has more courage than the man who can stop after eating one peanut.

Newt Gingrich's job to capture the Congress was to give Republican candidates an edge and a distinction from their Democratic opponent. That required a very high profile, some very strong language.

Tonight I should like to thank all those who have shared my work and to acknowledge the debt that I owe to my wife whose encouragement to put research before all other things has been a great strength to me.

In light of the recent controversy surrounding foreign management of U.S. Ports, a thorough review of foreign management of U.S. airports needs to occur.

One of the marks of a gift is to have the courage of it.

I'm not convinced about marriage. Divorce is so easy, and that fact that gay people are not allowed to marry takes much of the meaning out of it. Committing yourself to one person is sacred.

Metaphor is embodied in language.

Somebody said that I am the last American living the tragedy of Europe.

Great literature is simply language charged with meaning to the utmost possible degree.

Good writers are those who keep the language efficient. That is to say, keep it accurate, keep it clear.