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When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle. Edmund Burke (1770)

When the wolf tells the story, the sheep and shepherds are always the enemy. Unk

Never stop seeking what seems unattainable. Stephanie Niznik as The Wraith in Star Trek: Enterprise S1E18 (“Rogue Planet”)

You are incapable of that level of incompetence. Jonathan Frakes as Cmdr. William Riker in Star Trek: The Next Generation S4E8

And if all you ever really do is the best you can, well, you did it man. That’s something to be proud of. That’s a life you can hang your hat on. Montgomery Gentry, “Something to Be Proud Of”

Our rights don’t end where your fear begins. Freedom is scary. Deal with it. John Bryan

And the truth about me is not that I’m really volatile and I’m unstable, but that I’m really vibrant, and the color of my sorrow is just as bright as the stripes of my delight. Jenny Slate on All Things Considered

Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared. Buddha

No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river and he’s not the same man. Heraclitus

Who cares about the cussing? Who cares about the optics? I care about the Constitution. I care about the fact that no one bothered to point out the real problem here. […] Even if it wasn’t an autistic kid, if it was an unsympathetic criminal, it is just as serious. John H. Bryan, Esq.

One man can summon the future. Jolene Blalock as T’Pol in Star Trek Enterprise S4E13 (“Unified”)

You don’t need to boil the ocean to make a cup of coffee. unk

What you are stands over you the while, and thunders so that I cannot hear what you say to the contrary. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Why did you come here? We were so happy. We didn’t know that there was anything missing in our lives. Jennifer Gatti as Ba’el in Star Trek: The Next Generation S6E17 (“Birthright”)

I don’t step on toes. I step on necks. Chuck Norris

I have never let my schooling interfere with my education. Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers. Henry VI, Part 2, Act IV, Scene 2

The biggest difference between Christ and most Christians is that Christ didn’t mistreat people. George Carneal

I never thought of the possibility of failing, only of the fame and glory I was going to get when I won. I could see it. I could almost feel it. When I proclaimed that I was the greatest of all time, I believed in myself, and I still do. Mohammed Ali

So live, that when thy summons comes to join the innumerable caravan, which moves to that mysterious realm, where each shall take his chamber in the silent halls of death, thou go not, like the quarry-slave at night, scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained and soothed by an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave. William Cullen Bryant, “Thanatopsis”

Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem. William of Ockham

Good judgment comes from experience which mostly comes from bad judgment. Jason Statham as Arthur Bishop in The Mechanic

Le mieux est l’ennemi du bien. The perfect is the enemy of the good. Voltaire

Perfection is the enemy of progress. Winston Churchill

Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest. Mark Twain

When a man cannot choose he ceases to be a man. Anthony Burgess, A Clockwork Orange

Always play the fox. John Noble as Matthew Ashbaugh in The Good Wife S5E10

It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend. William Blake

How great it would be if ignorance of danger was all it took to keep it away from the people we love. Jonathan Frakes as Cmdr William Riker in Star Trek: Picard S1E7 (“Nepenthe”)

Let us redefine ‘progress’ to mean that just because we can do a thing, it does not necessarily follow that we must do that thing. Kurtwood Smith as Federation President in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

Never quit. Set a goal and don’t quit until you attain it. When you do attain it, set another goal, and don’t quit until you reach it. Never quit. Paul “Bear” Bryant

So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is…fear itself — nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance. In every dark hour of our national life, a leadership of frankness and of vigor has met with that understanding and support of the people themselves which is essential to victory. And I am convinced that you will again give that support to leadership in these critical days. ‍Franklin Delano Roosevelt

I don’t need to hear what you don’t need to say. Diana Muldaur as Katherine Pulaski in Star Trek: The Next Generation S2E14 (“The Icarus Factor”)

You can take back your memories; they’re no good to me. All-American Rejects, “Gives You Hell”

Fortuna est quae fit cum praeparatio in occasionem incidit. Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity. Seneca

Success occurs when opportunity meets preparation. Zig Ziglar

All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them. Galileo Galilei

Tu invidia es mi progreso. lema anónimo peruano

You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor. Aristotle

I’m not satisfied living in yesterday’s hour. I’m not satisfied to have the form but not power. “Believe” (Hillsong)

Some people think the future means the end of history. Well, we haven’t run out of history quite yet. Your father called the future ‘the undiscovered county.’ People can be very frightened of change. William Shatner as Capt. James T. Kirk in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

[T]ruth is best discovered by powerful statements on both sides of the question. Lord John Scott Eldon (1751-1838) quoting Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626)

The best cure for melancholy is industry. ‍Sarah Polley as Maren Hontvedt in The Weight of Water

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them. Henry David Thoreau

The most frail cottage in the kingdom is absolutely entitled to the same guarantees of privacy as the most majestic mansion. Florida v. Jimeno,
500 U.S. 248, 254 (1991)

Would you punch yourself in a street fight? Then don’t punch yourself in a word fight. Denzel Washington as Melvin Tolson in The Great Debaters

It’s so easy to hurt others when you can’t feel pain. Hall & Oates, “Rich Girl”

In any given moment we have two options: to step forward into growth or to step back into safety. Abraham Maslow

One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again. Abraham Maslow

Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery. Bertrand Russell

When you see the world through a duck shaped lens, everything looks vaguely like a duck. anonymous

If you believe in yourself and have dedication and pride and never quit, you’ll be a winner. The price of victory is high but so are the rewards. Paul “Bear” Bryant

All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts. William Shakespeare, As You Like It, Act II Scene VII

The good fighters of old first put themselves beyond the possibility of defeat, and then waited for an opportunity of defeating the enemy. To secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself. Thus the good fighter is able to secure himself against defeat, but cannot make certain of defeating the enemy. Hence the saying: One may know how to conquer without being able to do it. ‍孫子 (Sun Tzu), The Art of War

We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the universe. That makes us something very special. Stephen Hawking

Anything worth doing is worth doing quickly, because science moves on, and we’re all mortal, and you want to do things. Eric Cornell, Nova S35E1 (“Absolute Zero”)

There is no Plan B. You have Plan A, and you keep working at it until it happens. There is no Plan B. Zac Baker, 60 Days In

Plan B gets in the way of Plan A. Ashleigh Baker, 60 Days In

It is only in death that we are truly cured of the sickness of life. Socrates

An honest tale speeds best being plainly told. Shakespeare, Richard III

Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler. Albert Einstein

Beauty is truth, truth beauty—that is all ye know on earth, and all ye need to know. John Keats, Ode on a Grecian Urn

Nothing unreal exists. Leonard Nimoy as Spock in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

Our rights don’t end where your fear begins. Freedom is scary. Deal with it. John H. Bryan

Appeasers believe that if you keep on throwing steaks to a tiger, the tiger will turn vegetarian. Heywood Broun

Do not seek blame. Michael Dorn as Worf in Star Trek: Picard S3E2 (“Disengage”)

The further back you can look, the further forward you can see. Unknown (often attributed to Winston Churchill, never confirmed)

I think you all know that I’ve always felt the nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I’m from the Government, and I’m here to help. Ronald Reagan

The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be. Socrates

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. Edmund Burke (disputed)

No one can give you your life back, so you have to take your life back. Charlie Cox as Matt Murdock in The Defenders

You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves. ‍Winston Churchill

Maybe sometimes it’s better to be broken than to be hardened. David Kaczynski

When it is not necessary to change, it is necessary not to change. Lucius Cary, 2nd Viscount Falkland (1610–1643)

One impossible thing at a time. Patrick Stewart as Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: Picard S1E4, (“Absolute Candor”)

There are times in your life when you sense that something is about to happen and at the same time you realize it already has. ‍Sarah Polley as Maren Hontvedt in The Weight of Water

If things were different, they wouldn’t be the same. Michael Zaslow as Willard Tappan in Law & Order S5E9

Knowledge has to be improved, challenged, and increased constantly, or it vanishes. Peter F. Drucker

Don’t be an inverted iceberg where more is seen than unseen. Lori

The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries. Winston Churchill