People always have been the foolish victims of deception and self-deception in politics, and they always will be, until they have learned… — Vladimir Lenin Copy Share Image
I did things like get in a cupboard before the teacher came in at the beginning of a lesson, and then, two… — Miranda Hart Copy Share Image
The dominant feature of the later legislation has been this steady reduction of the status of the native, and, though the intention… — Paul Hasluck Copy Share Image
Deep knowledge is not knowledge of the thing itself, but knowledge of a thing like the thing. Then, you gain not one… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Capitalism would self-destruct in no time. So the business classes have always demanded strong, straight intervention to protect the society from the… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
To find love in Paris you must go down among those classes where the absence of education and of vanity, and the… — Stendhal Copy Share Image
In America, if your next-door neighbor has a Rolls-Royce, you want one too. But in England, if your neighbor has a Rolls-Royce,… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
If one really wishes to know how justice is administered in a country, one does not question the policemen, the lawyers, the… — James A. Baldwin Copy Share Image
"Don't you want to abolish state power?" Yes, we do, but not right now. We cannot do it yet. Why? Because imperialism… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
When I was in the sixth grade my friend and I always won writing contests, and we read a lot of books.… — Chath Piersath Copy Share Image
Everyone represses everything. Do you think any of these "normal" human beings really do exactly what they want to do all the… — Matt Haig Copy Share Image
I think anyone who isn't investing in Nigeria is missing out. If you look at Nigeria today, literally all of the business… — Mo Abudu Copy Share Image
When I was in graduate school in Princeton, I was told to take three courses. One of them to work on really… — Richard Askey Copy Share Image
Where no individual in a community is denied his rights, the mass are the more perfectly protected in theirs; for whenever any… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share Image
In the final analysis the hierarchic pattern is nothing like the straightforward witness for organic evolution that is commonly assumed. There are… — Michael Denton Copy Share Image
I come from a class which used to be called the gentry - which is nowadays mistakenly used to include the nobility,… — Julian Fellowes Copy Share Image
Most of my teachers didn't like me. I didn't get good grades because I pretty much lived at the public access studio.… — Trevor Moore Copy Share Image
How many millionaires do you know who have become wealthy by investing in stocks, bonds, mutual funds or savings accounts? Income property… — Jason Hartman Copy Share Image
Although the Nasser revolution of 1952 was secular, the culture remained deeply religious - but it was a faith of moderation and… — Ahmed H. Zewail Copy Share Image
I did archery when I was in high school. In our gym class we had two weeks of archery, and I remember… — John Barrowman Copy Share Image
Feminism is lesbian in the sense that lesbians have always hated the female role and coveted the male role. It is based… — Henry Makow Copy Share Image
One of the remarkable things about being 19 is that you can break open a case of warm beer at midnight and… — David Letterman Copy Share Image
When Ling was communicating to any person the signs by which messengers might find him, he was compelled to add, "the neighbourhood… — Ernest Bramah Copy Share Image
A strong economy depends on a strong middle class, but George Bush has put the middle class in a hole, and John… — Rahm Emanuel Copy Share Image
Those social behaviors which automatically preclude the building of a democratic world must go - every social limitation of human beings in… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
The world is divided into two classes of people: the few people who make good on their promises (even if they don't… — Robert Townsend Copy Share Image
My grandma used to make syrup for us because we couldn't afford it and I just played around with her recipe. I… — Farrah Gray Copy Share Image
We have before us the fiendishness of business competition and the world war, passion and wrongdoing, antagonism between classes and moral depravity… — Karl Barth Copy Share Image
With regard to the learned professions, little need be observed; they truly form no distinct interest in society . . . [discussing… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
We pretend to be a middle class, democratic nation, but in reality we love our blue bloods. ... We love the prep… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
I majored in illustration at the Rhode Island School of Design, although I never had any intention of being an illustrator and… — Brian Selznick Copy Share Image
The QSM Software Almanac is an invaluable resource. It establishes a norm for software projects, including best of class, worst of class… — Tom DeMarco Copy Share Image
America has been a land of dreams. A land where the aspirations of people from countries cluttered with rich, cumbersome, aristocratic, ideological… — Daniel J. Boorstin Copy Share Image
When a man no longer confuses himself with the definition of himself that others have given him, he is at once universal… — Alan Watts Copy Share Image
Concerning [postmodern] ideas, let us not mince words. The ideas are profoundly dangerous. They subvert our civilization by denying that truth is… — George Will Copy Share Image
What a child does not know and does not want to know of race and color and class, he learns soon enough… — Beryl Markham Copy Share Image
Healthcare reform is a paradigmatic case. It is self-evidently necessary and inevitable and has been on the agenda for 35 years, and… — Tony Judt Copy Share Image
Placing a time limit on affirmative action would in all likelihood blunt the orchestrated politics of controversy that now bedevils it. And… — Orlando Patterson Copy Share Image
Government can't deliver a free lunch to the country as a whole. It can, however, determine who pays for lunch. And last… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
"Dukes of Hazzard" or something you could, you know that, your work is going to be made up of that - episodic… — Quentin Tarantino Copy Share Image