Dan Rather on intellectuals

An intellectual snob is someone who can listen to the William Tell Overture and not think of The Lone Ranger.

~ Dan Rather

Glenn Greenwald on elitism

Incestuous, homogeneous fiefdoms of self-proclaimed expertise are always rank-closing and mutually self-defending, above all else.

~ Glenn Greenwald

Anais Nin on courage

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.

~ Anais Nin

Happy Valentine's Day!

There is a fine line between love and a waste of time.

~ Anonymous

Mark Twain on travel

Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.  Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime.

~ Mark Twain

Robert Collier on success

Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.

~ Robert Collier

Adolph Hitler on the Big Lie

The great masses of the people... will more easily fall victim to a big lie than to a small one.

~ Adolph Hitler