A fool’s brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence university education.
—George Bernard Shaw, 1903
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A society that has more justice is a society that needs less charity.
—Ralph Nader, 2000Kill a man, and you are an assassin. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill everyone, and you are a god.
—Jean Rostand, 1939Motherhood is the strangest thing, it can be like being one’s own Trojan horse.
—Rebecca West, 1959I am a living symbol of the white man’s fear.
—Winnie Mandela, 1985Wants keep pace with wealth always.
—Timothy Titcomb, 1859Politics, n. A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.
—Ambrose Bierce, 1906Superstitions are habits rather than beliefs.
—Marlene Dietrich, 1962Knowledge is an ancient error reflecting on its youth.
—Francis Picabia, 1949Hoping for new friendship from old enemies is / Like expecting to find a rose in a furnace.
—Muhammad Baqir Najm-i Sani, 1612The unknown is the largest need of the intellect.
—Emily Dickinson, 1876When nature is overriden, she takes her revenge.
—Marya Mannes, 1958If a man is called to be a streetsweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all heaven and earth will pause to say, here lived a great streetsweeper that did his job well.
—Martin Luther King Jr., 1954