It is ... a sign of the times-though our brothers of physics and chemistry may smile to hear me say so-that biology… — Peter Medawar Copy Share Image
The issue of climate change, it really does bring home the fact that we are on one planet, and that some of… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
In schools all over the world, little boys learn that their country is the greatest in the world, and the highest honor… — Myriam Miedzian Copy Share Image
You cant stop the future. You cant rewind the past. The only way to live is to press play. So instead of… — Melchor Lim Copy Share Image
There is a small seed waiting to be free. Burrowed in the ground, fed and watered. It grows slowly year after year.… — Melchor Lim Copy Share Image
I go on the bus, I walk. A friend left his car recently at my house and I took it out one… — Vincent Kartheiser Copy Share Image
And despite the fact that the basis of this mathematical way of thinking in art is in reason, its dynamic content is… — Max Bill Copy Share Image
It felt as if we'd been to war together. Deep in a jungle, alone, I had relied on them, these strangers. They'd… — Marisha Pessl Copy Share Image
The First Man is [Albert Camus] posthumous last work. But in fact, in a certain way, it is his first, because in… — Catherine Camus Copy Share Image
By almost any measure, the world is better than it has ever been. People are living longer, healthier lives. Many nations that… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
In fact, though their acquaintance had been so short, they had guessed, as always happens between lovers, everything of any importance about… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
But, contrary to the lady's prejudices about the engineering profession, the fact is that quite some time ago the tables were turned… — Nicholas Metropolis Copy Share Image
“He then proceeded to shout at Alpha and Beta, a sign that he was in a genuine good mood. They took it… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
My interest in society - at times so pronounced that the word 'snob' comes a little to mind - derives from the… — Frank Crowninshield Copy Share Image
I was amazed by the fact that I was not the only writer living, not the only young man "with a locomotive… — Jack Kerouac Copy Share Image
I stare into a thin, web-like crack above the urinal's handle and think to myself that if I were to disappear into… — Bret Easton Ellis Copy Share Image
I think it's something that we said collectively, in terms of the fact that we was getting ready to face probably the… — John Carlos Copy Share Image
There is in fact a true law namely right reason, which is in accordance with nature, applies to all men and is… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Policy is formed by preconceptions, by long implanted biases. When information is relayed to policy-makers, they respond in terms of what is… — Barbara Tuchman Copy Share Image
Every discussion which is made from an egoistic standpoint is corrupted from the start and cannot yield an absolutely sure conclusion. The… — Paul Brunton Copy Share Image
As an element in human progress, the right of private property, in importance, has taken first and almost only place in the… — Joshua K. Ingalls Copy Share Image
Jonathan Livingston Seagull . . . was no ordinary bird. Most gulls don't bother to learn more than the simplest facts of… — Richard Bach Copy Share Image
If fallacies come knocking at my door,I'd rather feed, and shelter full a score,Than hide behind the black portcullis, doubt,And run the… — Ella Wheeler Wilcox Copy Share Image
There's facts about dogs, and then there's opinions about them. The dogs have the facts, and the humans have the opinions. If… — J. Boone Copy Share Image
Beyond the formative effects of reading on the individuals composing society, the fact that they have read the same books gives them… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Parents provide their children with genes as well as an environment, so the fact that talkative parents have kids with good language… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
My personal time is limited, more so than I wish. However, my wife and I have talked about the fact that there… — Warren Haynes Copy Share Image
By over-all planning, we mean planning which takes into consideration the interests of the 600 million people of our country. In drawing… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
I end with a word on the new symbols which I have employed. Most writers on logic strongly object to all symbols.… — Augustus De Morgan Copy Share Image
That is what is happening with the Tea Parties. I wrote a column called "The Second American Revolution" about the fact that… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
Cant you understand that romanticism is no more an enemy of science than mysticism is? In fact, romanticism and science are good… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
“In regard to propaganda the early advocates of universal literacy and a free press envisaged only two possibilities: the propaganda might be… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
There is no doubt that this fusion of terrorist and Muslim feeds virulent forms of Islamophobia, which is also encouraged by such… — Richard A. Falk Copy Share Image
There were drinks and food in full force, and some Moroi guy had a guitar out and was trying to impress girls… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
In daily practice, the word brand stands as a surrogate for the word reputation. In fact, your brand acts just like a… — Jim Mullen Copy Share Image
Large or small, [the garden] should be orderly and rich. It should be well fenced from the outside world. It should by… — William Morris Copy Share Image
The fact is that movie stars are as insecure as the rest of us - if not more so. Many live in… — Graydon Carter Copy Share Image
I have confronted theoretical positions whose protagonists claim that what I take to be historically produced characteristics of what is specifically modern… — Alasdair MacIntyre Copy Share Image
It is my idea that the public needs to be better educated about the nature of scientific inquiry and how the scientific… — Priyamvada Natarajan Copy Share Image
The Diet Mentality has come about because there is agreement in our society that the only way to lose weight is by… — Bob Schwartz Copy Share Image