The best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain.
—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
You throw an anchor into the future you want to build, and you pull yourself along by the chain.
—John O'Neal
There are two things over which you have complete dominion, authority, and control—your mind and your mouth.
—Molefi Kete Asante
Here and there awareness is growing that man, far from being the overlord of all creation, is himself part of nature, subject to the same cosmic forces that control all other life. Man's future welfare and probably even his survival depend upon his learning to live in harmony, rather than in combat, with these forces.
—Rachel Carson
I like my players to be married and in debt. That's the way you motivate them.
—Ernie Banks
I used to feel like I was on the top of the world. Then one day, I noticed that it felt like I was no longer on the top of the world. I was just floating around inside of it. And then eventually, it felt like the world was on top of me.
—Colleen Hoover in Without Merit
Assuming either the Left Wing or the Right Wing gained control of the country, it would probably fly around in circles.
—Pat Paulsen
If those in charge of our society—politicians, corporate executives, and owners of press and television—can dominate our ideas, they will be secure in their power. They will not need soldiers patrolling the streets. We will control ourselves.
—Howard Zinn