Money is what fueled the industrial society. But in the informational society, the fuel, the power, is knowledge. One has now come… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
Post-military service can be a period of anxiety and uncertainty. So many men and women return and ask themselves: what now? The… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The late Queen Victoria once paid a royal visit to a renowned library. At one point, the head librarian asked, "Your Majesty,… — Countess of Longford Elizabeth Pakenham Copy Share Image
Public education is the key civil rights issue of the 21st century. Our nation's knowledge-based economy demands that we provide young people… — Eli Broad Copy Share Image
Growing up with Tumblr, I can imagine if I was fourteen now being in high school and being on Tumblr all the… — Lizzy Plapinger Copy Share Image
The big, strong, tough guy goes to class, and he keeps getting tapped by the skinny, technical guy. It begins to change… — Relson Gracie Copy Share Image
I've always felt a little different than everyone - you know, most of the other kids in my class - and I… — Erin Davie Copy Share Image
Let him who expects one class of society to prosper in the highest degree, while the other is in distress, try whether… — Thomas Fuller Copy Share Image
The history of mankind is a history of the subjugation and exploitation of a great majority of people by an elite few… — Ed Crane Copy Share Image
My teacher in the seventh grade told me that if I didn't fool around during class, I could have 15 minutes at… — Jim Carrey Copy Share Image
I was 11 when a teacher suggested to my parents that they should send me to drama classes to curb my disruptive… — David Wenham Copy Share Image
In all social systems there must be a class to do the menial duties, to perform the drudgery of life. That is,… — James Henry Hammond Copy Share Image
Call it Camelot's revenge: the class of court scribes who made it their profession to uphold a make-believe version of America free… — Rick Perlstein Copy Share Image
While still sixteen I am put in charge of a class of forty children who are two, three or four years younger… — Hal Porter Copy Share Image
Everyone should get more involved in exercising, not just for the health benefits, but for the social side too. There are so… — Jazmin Carlin Copy Share Image
“She's on the stairs, ma'am, getting her breath,' said the young servant, who had not been long up from the country, where… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
I'm taking drama classes, they say I'm a natural actress. I think it's just because I talk a lot. I'm also learning… — Lindsay Pagano Copy Share Image
So we need places, laboratories, the creation of places which could be each one of our homes, where we invite people who… — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
All fear of 'offensive' speech is bourgeois and reactionary. Historically, profane or bawdy language was common in both the upper and the… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
When I get interested in a new topic I teach a class on it. There's a graduate seminar I teach in which… — Matthea Harvey Copy Share Image
When I was a junior in college I moved to New York and went to this performance school the Experimental Theatre Wing.… — Antony Hegarty Copy Share Image
The symbolic display seen by the abductees is identical to the type of initiation ritual or astral voyage that is imbedded in… — Jacques Vallee Copy Share Image
I hope my kids understand that they're not operating in a normal world. And yet there are principles they have to adhere… — Tom Hanks Copy Share Image
When nature removes a great man, people explore the horizon for a successor; but none comes, and none will. His class is… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
He grinned. It was a wicked grin, the kind that made the blood in Clary's veins run a little faster. "You want… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
I was always the class clown; I made my family laugh, and that was when I was always happiest. I grew up… — Sarah Silverman Copy Share Image
If you're a kid, it's all you think about if you stutter. Kids can be so mean. My grades suffered. Class participation… — Kenyon Martin Copy Share Image
Few countries have produced such arrogance and snobbishness as America. Particularly is this true of the American woman of the middle class.… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
The emerging picture from such studies is that ten thousand hours of practice is required to achieve the level of mastery associated… — Daniel Levitin Copy Share Image
Like last year I took Advance Foods class (which is like cooking for nerds) after lunch, and so I usually took a… — Christopher Moore Copy Share Image
The class barricades have been stormed by the forces of a broad culture, which is made up of clusters of individuals who… — Melvyn Bragg Copy Share Image
The classics of Marxism talked of communism as a society to which a modern society should aspire, a society truly fair, where… — Alejandro Castro Espin Copy Share Image
Intellectuals can tell themselves anything, sell themselves any bill of goods, which is why they were so often patsies for the ruling… — Lillian Hellman Copy Share Image
In sixth grade, we all had to write this opinion paper. Most wrote about things like why we should be able to… — Gillian Jacobs Copy Share Image
I want to record history through the destiny of individuals who often belong to the least wealthy classes. I do not want… — James Nachtwey Copy Share Image
A victim to certain obscure forms of gout, he was in character neither stupid, nor inhuman, but he suffered from the usual… — Mary Augusta Ward Copy Share Image
The American people know the economy is too weak. Too many of them are suffering. So the question for Washington is, are… — David Plouffe Copy Share Image
I went to engineering school, which I thought was what I wanted to do, for about two weeks. We had an orientation… — Evan Glodell Copy Share Image
I think so much of my early life, even though I grew up White and middle class, I was completely shattered by… — Eve Ensler Copy Share Image
The financial crisis was a classic case of the political class failing the American people. Twenty-five agencies were supposed to be minding… — Carly Fiorina Copy Share Image