Tolerance is an admirable intellectual gift; but it is of…

Nothing is so envied as genius, nothing so hopeless of attainment by labor alone. Though labor always accompanies the greatest genius, without the intellectual…

— B. R. Hayden

The worth of a politics comes from its application to all, and I think part of why so many have lost faith in politics…

— Zohran Mamdani

Scientists are convinced that they, as scientists, possess a number of very admirable human qualities, such as accuracy, observation, reasoning power, intellectual curiosity, tolerance,…

— Anthony Standen

Charles Darwin made arguably the greatest discovery any human has ever made. He was a man of great persistence. He wasn't probably a natural…

— Richard Dawkins

I think it's perfectly acceptable and rather admirable to be moderately delusional

— Matthew Gray Gubler

No method nor discipline can supersede the necessity of being forever on the alert. What is a course of history, or philosophy, or poetry,…

— Henry David Thoreau

I didn't get a chance to meet Glen [Beck] for this movie. I did meet him a few years ago, coincidentally, before any of…

— Zachary Quinto

Of what use is it to please the herd? They are simply coarse animals - for all that is admirable in man is the…

— H. P. Lovecraft

Mexico is sex and Canada is mind. There is much about Canada that I find admirable - the treatment of immigrants, for example, particularly…

— Richard Rodriguez

What is pure Bill? Or excellent or admirable? The death of a million people in a flood? God evidently through so. He is incapable…

— Ted Dekker

It is admirable to consider how many millions of people come into, and go out of the world, ignorant of themselves and of the…

— William Penn

Worthy is the one who remembers to thank the Lord for all His blessings; but admirable is the one who still thank God in…

— Ritu Ghatourey

Happiness is a rare plant that seldom takes root on earth-few ever enjoyed it, except for a brief period; the search after it is…

— Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington

Education is very admirable but let us not forget that anything worth knowing cannot be taught.

— Oscar Wilde

Consumer wants can have bizarre, frivolous, or even immoral origins, and an admirable case can still be made for a society that seeks to…

— John Kenneth Galbraith