“Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history. We of this Congress and this administration, will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance, or insignificance, can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass, will light us down, in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation.”
Abraham Lincoln
“Knowing who you are is good for one generation only.”
Flannery O'Connor
“Human kind will prevail. And it will prevail because, in spite of the reaction of history, novels tell that art restores right in us that was disregarded by history. History is being what was, then literature offers what history has not always been,”
Carlos Fuentes
“A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.”
Christopher Reeve
“In spite of the six thousand manuals on child raising in the bookstores, child raising is still a dark continent and no one really knows anything. You just need a lot of love and luck -- and, of course, courage.”
Bill Cosby
“Things in our country run in spite of government, not by aid of it.”
Will Rogers
“You've already won me over-in spite of me. So don't be alarmed if I fall head over feet. And don't be surprised if I love you for all that you are. I couldn't help it-it's all your fault.”
Alanis Morisette
