Quotes from Marc Aronson

Even such is time, which takes in trust Our youth, our joys, and all we have, And pays us but with age, and dust; Who in the dark and silent grave When we have wandered all our ways Shuts up the story of our days. And from which earth and grave and dust, The Lord will raise me up I trust. —Sir Walter Ralegh's poetry

If we are going to die anyway...why be cautious? Why not risk all now, at this moment, in this adventure?

If any man accuseth me to my face, I will answer him with my mouth; but my tail is good enough to return an answer to such who traduceth [slanders] me behind my back. —Sir Walter Ralegh

A walk with a two-year-old is very Zen; it is not about the end but the journey. He needs to pet the dog someone is walking; to roll down the slight incline to the church basement, and then roll again, and again, and again; to remind me of the place where the wasps (he calls them bees) live, then zoom past it.

Socialists, communists, fascists all believe in an ever stronger government. Anarchists think just the opposite. They want to eliminate central government entirely so that people would live in small collectives where their voices could be heard and where all would work together for the good of all.

For who so reaps renown above the rest, With heaps of hate, shall surely be oppressed. —Sir Walter Ralegh's poetry

But he would give the Spainish no satisfaction. When they offered him a drink, he smashed the glass and ate the shards, preferring his own English blood to their sweet wine. He died soon after.

Whenever America faces threats, there will be those who offer us security – at a price. That price may be your privacy or the freedom of a classmate or the life of a leader.

Today, Americans face intense terrorist threats and thus hard choices...

All life is an experiment.