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You can protect your liberties in this world only by protecting the other man's freedom. You can be free only if I am free. Clarence Darrow 1857-1938, American Lawyer 
History repeats itself. That's one of the things wrong with history. Clarence Darrow 1857-1938, American Lawyer 
I am an agnostic; I do not pretend to know what many ignorant men are sure of. Clarence Darrow 1857-1938, American Lawyer 
I do not pretend to know where many ignorant men are sure -- that is all that agnosticism means. Clarence Darrow 1857-1938, American Lawyer 
There is no such thing as justice, in or out of court. Clarence Darrow 1857-1938, American Lawyer 
The trouble with law is lawyers. Clarence Darrow 1857-1938, American Lawyer 
The first half of our life is ruined by our parents and the second half by our children. Clarence Darrow 1857-1938, American Lawyer 
When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President. Now I'm beginning to believe it. Clarence Darrow 1857-1938, American Lawyer 
Chase after the truth like all hell and you'll free yourself, even though you never touch its coat tails. Clarence Darrow 1857-1938, American Lawyer 
The pursuit of truth will set you free; even if you never catch up with it. Clarence Darrow 1857-1938, American Lawyer 
I am a friend of the working man, and I would rather be his friend, than be one. Clarence Darrow 1857-1938, American Lawyer 
Creatures whose mainspring is curiosity enjoy the accumulating of facts far more than the pausing at times to reflect on those facts. Clarence Day 1874-1935, American Essayist 
You can't sweep other people off their feet, if you can't be swept off your own. Clarence Day 1874-1935, American Essayist 
For today and its blessings, I owe the world an attitude of gratitude. Clarence E. Hodges  
Nothing succeeds like ones own successor. Clarence H. Hincks  
I'm afraid we have become a nation of plodders, who feel that all problems can be found in books and that the answers are on a certain page. Clarence Linder  
Anger is the most impotent of passions. It effects nothing it goes about, and hurts the one who is possessed by it more than the one against whom it is directed. Clarendon  
What a man sows, that shall he and his relations reap. Clarissa Graves  
The only reason they come to see me is that I know that life is great -- and they know I know it. Clark Gable 1901-1960, American Actor 
No sacrifice short of individual liberty, individual self-respect, and individual enterprise is too great a price to pay for permanent peace. Clark H. Minor  
The status quo is the only solution that cannot be vetoed. Clark Kerr  
Accept everything about yourself -- I mean everything, You are you and that is the beginning and the end -- no apologies, no regrets. Clark Moustakas Humanistic Psychologist 
Viewing the child solely as an immature person is a way of escaping comforting him. Clark Moustakas Humanistic Psychologist 
The most dramatic conflicts are perhaps, those that take place not between men but between a man and himself -- where the arena of conflict is a solitary mind. Clark Moustakas Humanistic Psychologist 
When we are not honest, we are cut off from a significant resource of ourselves, a vital dimension that is necessary for unity and wholeness. Clark Moustakas Humanistic Psychologist 
Nothing sets a person up more than having something turn out just the way it's supposed to be, like falling into a Swiss snowdrift and seeing a big dog come up with a little cask of brandy round its neck. Claud Cockburn 1904-1981, British Author, Journalist 
He who has no passion has no principal or motive to act. Claude A. Helvétius 1715-1771, French Philosopher 
Every man without passion has within him no principle of action, nor motive of act. Claude A. Helvétius 1715-1771, French Philosopher 
Harsh counsels have no effect; they are like hammers which are always repulsed by the anvil. Claude A. HelvÚtius 1715-1771, French Philosopher 
By annihilating the desires, you annihilate the mind. Every man without passions has within him no principle of action, nor motive to act. Claude A. HelvÚtius 1715-1771, French Philosopher 
Truth is a torch that shines through the fog without dispelling it. Claude A. HelvÚtius 1715-1771, French Philosopher 
A fact in itself is nothing. It is valuable only for the idea attached to it, or for the proof which it furnishes. Claude Bernard 1813-1878, French Physiologist 
Getting older is like riding a bicycle, if you don't keep peddling, you'll fall. Claude D. Pepper  
A stockbroker urged me to buy a stock that would triple its value every year. I told him, ''At my age, I don't even buy green bananas. Claude D. Pepper  
Ageism is as odious as racism and sexism. Claude D. Pepper  
Life is like riding a bicycle. You don't fall off unless you stop peddling. Claude D. Pepper  
The mistake a lot of politicians make is in forgetting they've been appointed and thinking they've been anointed. Claude D. Pepper  
I therefore claim to show, not how men think in myths, but how myths operate in men's minds without their being aware of the fact. Claude Levi-Strauss 1908-, French Anthropologist 
Enthusiastic partisans of the idea of progress are in danger of failing to recognize... the immense riches accumulated by the human race. By underrating the achievements of the past, they devalue all those which still remain to be accomplished. Claude Levi-Strauss 1908-, French Anthropologist 
Our system is the height of absurdity, since we treat the culprit both as a child, so as to have the right to punish him, and as an adult, in order to deny him consolation. Claude Levi-Strauss 1908-, French Anthropologist 
The scientist is not a person who gives the right answers, he is one who asks the right questions. Claude Levi-Strauss 1908-, French Anthropologist 
The scientific mind does not so much provide the right answers as ask the right questions. Claude Levi-Strauss 1908-, French Anthropologist 
Just as the individual is not alone in the group, nor any one in society alone among the others, so man is not alone in the universe. Claude Levi-Strauss 1908-, French Anthropologist 
These repetitive words and phrases are merely methods of convincing the subconscious mind. Claude M. Bristol 1891-1951, American Author of ''The Magic of Believing'' 
It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen. Claude M. Bristol 1891-1951, American Author of ''The Magic of Believing'' 
We usually get what we anticipate. Claude M. Bristol 1891-1951, American Author of ''The Magic of Believing'' 
Every person is the creation of himself, the image of his own thinking and believing. As individuals think and believe, so they are. Claude M. Bristol 1891-1951, American Author of ''The Magic of Believing'' 
One essential to success is that your desire be an all-obsessing one, your thoughts and aim be coordinated, and your energy be concentrated and applied without letup. Claude M. Bristol 1891-1951, American Author of ''The Magic of Believing'' 
To win you've got to stay in the game. Claude M. Bristol 1891-1951, American Author of ''The Magic of Believing'' 
It's the constant and determined effort that breaks down all resistance, sweeps away all obstacles. Claude M. Bristol 1891-1951, American Author of ''The Magic of Believing'' 



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