Benjamin Butler famous quotes

Might the peasant expect the Almighty to stay the thunder storm, which clears the air of a nation from pestilence, lest the lightning bold should in its flash kill his cow?
-- Benjamin Butler

#Air #Storm #Lightning

I was always a friend of southern rights, but an enemy of southern wrongs.
-- Benjamin Butler

#War #Rights #History

A man, if he be active and energetic, can hardly fail also, be he never so selfish, of benefiting the general public interest.
-- Benjamin Butler

#Selfish #Men #Failing

Tomorrow, more's the pity, Away we both must hie, To air the ditty and to earth I.

I was singing in a mall, and I picked a girl to come up onstage with me. As I was grabbing her hand, I fell off the stage. It felt like I was in the air forever, flying like Superman.

This was why I loved my Grana. Being with her always made me laugh. She accepted life for what it was. She didn’t pretend or put on airs. She was just Grana.

We can not escape tragic roads. It is like grasping at the sun & trying to catch air. We must take one step at-a-time. Keep going.

Those far distant, storm-beaten ships, upon which the Grand Army never looked, stood between it and the dominion of the world.

I have always been comfortable weathering the storm. I’d like to get more comfortable weathering the sunny day.

Passions are like storms which, full of present mischief, serve to purify the atmosphere.

Wir tappen im Labyrinth unsers Lebenswandels und im Dunkel unserer Forschungen umher: helleAugenblicke erleuchten dabei wie Blitze unsernWeg. We grope about in the labyrinth of our life and in the obscurity of our investigations; bright moments illuminate our path like flashes of lightning.

If I'm on the course and lightning starts, I get inside fast. If God wants to play through, let him.

Like having a great idea, life comes at you fast. It hits you and tries to escape and be expressed in any way possible. In a way, it's a lot like...lightning.