People say we are survivors but I don't see us as survivors of anything. We are still here, there's nothing that's come and tried to dislodge us. We just go about our business.

- Dave Mason

We do not invest in victims, we invest in survivors.

- Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

People who live through transplants or disasters like Sept. 11 are survivors.

- Geraldine Ferraro

The so-called lessons of history are for the most part the rationalizations of the victors. History is written by the survivors.

- Max Lerner