A Semester's Worth of Quotations

Over the past semester, I have collected a myriad of quotes from things I've read and heard, and I'd like to share some of them.

"For children are innocent and love justice; while most of us are wicked and naturally prefer mercy." - Chesterton

"Mythology is not a disease at all, though it may, like all human things, become diseased." - J.R.R. Tolkien

"I shall not undertake to say where the line between Great Britain and the colonies should be drawn; but I am clearly of opinion, that one ought to be drawn." - George Washington

"Every man is guilty of the good he did not do." - Voltaire

"If whitewashing a fence is your job, embrace it as the one task you have the opportunity to perform perfectly today. Aspire to be the best white-washer in the business, to make that fence your Sistine Chapel." - Rick Pitino

"Some people are born leaders, some achieve leadership, and others have leadership thrust upon them." - William Shakespeare

"We do wrong to deny it, when we are told that we do not trust human reason: we do not and we may not. Human reason set up the cross on Calvary, human reason set up the cup of hemlock, human reason was canonized in Notre Dame." - Keith Feiling

I extend my thanks to the McConnell Center for exposing me to all these new ideas and new people. My excitement for the next four years is unparalleled to anything I have ever experienced before.

Sean Southard '15