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I'm not an expert on the Middle East or terrorism or the use of military force or politics. It's all I can do to know a little bit about how to help people raise their kids and what to do when they get sick. When a war happens, I just hope it gets over with quickly so that how we take care of children becomes more important again.
— Mark Vonnegut
You find out the strength of a wind by trying to walk against it, not by lying down.
— CS Lewis
Some people pass through life soberly and religiously enough, without knowing way, or reasoning about it, but, from force of habit merely, go to heaven like fools.
— Laurence Sterne
You can move a leader's feet by force, or you can move their hearts by influence and inspiration.
— Ed Stetzer
He maketh the deep to boil like a pot.
— Anonymous
Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?
— Anonymous
The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters.
— Anonymous
Television has changed a child from an irresistible force to an immovable object.
— Anonymous
You always know the creative because it is revealed openly. Concealment betrays the existence of another force entirely.
— Frank Herbert
There exists a limit to the force even the most powerful may apply without destroying themselves. Judging this limit is the true artistry of government. Misuse of power is the fatal sin. The law cannot be a tool of vengeance, never a hostage, nor a fortification against the martyrs it has created. You cannot threaten any individual and escape the consequences
— Frank Herbert
Love leads to misery. Love is a very ancient force, which served its purpose in its day but no longer is essential for the survival of the species. Remember that woman's mistake, the pain.
— Frank Herbert
A certain amount of killing has always been an arm of business
— Frank Herbert