"The message is that there are known knowns - there are things that we know that we know. There are known unknowns - that is to say, there are things that we now know we don't know. But there are also unknown unknowns - there are things we do not know we don't know. And each year we discover a few more of those unknown unknowns."

~Donald Rumsfeld, U.S. Secretary of Defense

"Words are like money; there is nothing so useless, unless when in actual use."

~Samuel Butler, writer (1835-1902)

"The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude."

"Several excuses are always less convincing than one."

~Aldous Huxley, novelist (1894-1963)

"Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough."

~Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd US President (1882-1945)