My Favorite Quotations, #16 thru #20

My Favorite Quotations, #16 thru #20

“When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years.” — Attributed to Mark Twain

“Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day, To the last syllable of recorded time; And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle! Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player That struts and frets his hour upon the stage And then is heard no more. It is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury Signifying nothing.” — Macbeth (Act 5, Scene 5, lines 17–28)

“The fog comes on little cat feet. It sits looking over harbor and city on silent haunches and then moves on.” — Carl Sandburg

“L’audace, toujours l’audace!” [ Audacity, always audacity! ] — Napoleon

“Power is the appearance of power.” — Napoleon

Recommending — Nature’s Path of Continuing Creation www.ContinuingCreation.org — Finding Life’s Purpose & Meaning — in Nature, Science, & History — by J.X. Mason — Also on Amazon Kindle & Apple eBooks