Interesting Quotes from Cecil B. DeMille

(Mr. DeMille directed The 10 Commandments movie many, many years ago.)

Here are a few thought-provoking quotes...

"It is impossible for us to break the law. We can only break ourselves against the law."

"Man has made 32 million laws since the Commandments were handed down to Moses on Mount Sinai... but he has never improved on God's law."

An Interesting Quote

[Above] This is how I'm feeling right now.

I'm terribly sorry that I haven't been posting much [especially anything that involves me writing several paragraphs]. I'm really busy right now with the yearbook and Teenpact and just...life! It's crazy. I hope to make more/longer posts soon! Just hang in there!

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But here's a quote that I found. It was said by a hero of the Revolutionary War.

“An enlightened people will never suffer what was established for their security to be perverted to an act of tyranny.” ~George Nicholas

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P.S.

Thanks, John, for your very passionate comment on the Oprah video.

Has the world gone mad?

Stuff-ness

"The strokes of the pen need deliberation as much as the sword needs swiftness."

-Julia Ward Howe

"Every man's life is a fairy-tale written by God's fingers."
-Hans Christian Andersen

You Are an Orange

You have a zest for life, especially for anything colorful, wild, or dramatic. You have a unique take on the world, and you're not afraid to be a little funky. You are a bit reserved toward people who don't know you well. You have a thick skin, which can protect you from anything that goes wrong in your life. Once someone does get to know you, they totally get and appreciate you. Your friends see you as a bright person with a refreshing take on life.

What Type of Fruit Are You?

Fun quotes

Well, I found some cool quotes [on xanga--they've awesome icons/quotes on there] so I thought I'd share them.

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Life isn't waiting for the storm to pass. It's learning to dance in the rain.

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Being a strong person is knowing that in the endeverything will be ok.

I have not failed.I just found 10,000ways that won't [w o r k].-Thomas Alva Edison

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You have three choices in your life,give in, give up, or give it your all.-anonymous

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Freedom comes when you learn to let go.

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It's not where you go,or what you do,it's who you take along with you.
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Life is like photography you use the negative to develop

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although the world is full of suffering it is also full of the overcoming of it. ~ helen keller

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do what you can with what you havewhere you are. ~Theodore Roosevelt

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all the darkness in the worldcannot put out the lightof one small candle.~anonymous

Happy 4th of July!

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY, EVERYONE!!!

So, what's everyone doing today for the Fourth of July? We're going to my aunt's house and other then that I'm not exactly sure WHAT we're doing...Of course, I'll tell you what we did later.

"There's the country of America, which you have to defend, but there's also the idea of America. America is more than just a country, it's an idea. An idea that's supposed to be contagious." ~Bono [I know it's Bono but it's still a cool quote...]

There is nothing wrong with America that the faith, love of freedom, intelligence and energy of her citizens cannot cure. ~Dwight D. Eisenhower

Europe was created by history. America was created by philosophy. ~Margaret Thatcher

All great change in America begins at the dinner table. ~Ronald Reagan

"I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!" ~Patrick Henry

"I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." ~Nathan Hale

"Liberty without learning is always in peril; learning without liberty is always in vain."~John F. Kennedy [I thought THAT was definitely a cool quote. Wake up, everyone!]

"A nation which has forgotten the quality of courage which in the past has been brought to public life is not as likely to insist upon or regard that quality in its chosen leaders today - and in fact we have forgotten.~ John F. Kennedy [You know, I'm really liking this Kennedy guy!]

"And so, my fellow Americans... ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.~John F. Kennedy

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, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free. ~Ronald Regan

The Constitution preserves the advantage of being armed which Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation where the governments are afraid to trust the people with arms. ~James Madison

Patriotism is not a short frenzied burst of emotion, but the long and steady dedication of a lifetime. ~Thomas Jefferson

All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to ... remain silent. ~Thomas Jefferson

Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day. ~Thomas Jefferson

Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth. ~George Washington

If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter. ~George Washington

America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves. ~Abraham Lincoln [Whoa! That's a very interesting quote...does that make anyone think of anything?]

[Quiz and Interestin Quote] What artist should paint my portrait?

"In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."
- Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968)

Who Should Paint You: M.C. Escher

Open and raw, you would let your true self show for your portrait. And even if your painting turned out a bit dark, it would be honest.

What Artist Should Paint Your Portrait?

Interesting Quotes

Here are some interesting and/or amusing quotes...

When children are doing nothing, they are doing mischief.
Henry Fielding (1707-54)

I can't sing very well but I'd like to try.
Elvis Presley, on first entering a studio

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.
Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)

Interesting Quote...

It's from Sir Winston Churchill. Though it was said many years ago, I think it has EVERYTHING to do with what's happening right now--just pay attention and you will know.

"One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half."
Sir Winston Churchill