James McHugh

“It had become one of the defining truths of my life that, no matter how I tried to keep them flattened, two-dimensional, jailed in paper and ink, there would always be stories that refused to stay bound inside books. It was never just a story. I would know: a story had swallowed my whole life.”
― Ransom Riggs, Library of Souls

“In a word we may reasonably hope for the virtual abolition of education when “I’m as good as you” has fully had its way. All incentives to learn and all penalties for not learning will have vanished, the few who want to learn will be prevented, who are they to top their fellows?”
― C.S. Lewis

“Every amendment in the Bill of Rights expressly tells the government what IT is forbidden to do, not one of them explains what the people can't do”
― Mike Huckabee, A Simple Government: Twelve Things We Really Need from Washington

“In a typical election period that includes campaigns for the Presidency, the Senate and the House of Representatives, about one billion dollars is spent per year, which sounds like a lot of money, unless you care to measure it against something seemingly less important than Democratic elections.It is the same amount, for instance, that Americans spend every year on chewing gum.”
― Steven D. Levitt