It is the man of science, eager to have his every opinion regenerated, his every idea rationalized, by drinking at the fountain… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We are very hip on the fact that America's always No. 1. On this we are not, in terms of the number… — Madeleine Albright Copy Share Image
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The true historian, therefore, seeking to compose a true picture of the thing acted, must collect facts and combine facts. Methods will… — Augustine Birrell Copy Share Image
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I think the press, by and large, is what we call "liberal". But of course what we call "liberal" means well to… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Perhaps more to the point for TBTF (Too Big To Fail bank), if a SIFI (Systemically Important Financial Institution) does fail I… — Jeremy C. Stein Copy Share Image
The success of everything depends on intuition, the capacity of seeing things in a way which afterwards proves to be true, even… — Joseph A. Schumpeter Copy Share Image
“It’s not enough to shelve your own competitive streak. You have to try, consciously, to help others succeed. Some people feel this… — Chris Hadfield Copy Share Image
I know without our fans and the devotion of our fans we wouldn't be here. I don't mean to put them down,… — Roger Daltrey Copy Share Image
I never understood how anyone could feel small compared with the universe. After all, man knows how overwhelmingly large it is, and… — Harry Mulisch Copy Share Image
We cannot point to a single definitive solution of any one of the problems that confront us — political, economic, social or… — Peter Medawar Copy Share Image
Evolution is far more than a belief or an educated guess about how people came to be as they are. It is,… — Alan I. Leshner Copy Share Image
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All science requires mathematics. The knowledge of mathematical things is almost innate in us. This is the easiest of sciences, a fact… — Roger Bacon Copy Share Image
If the fact that people make poor decisions is reason enough for the government to second-guess their decisions about dangerous activities such… — Jacob Sullum Copy Share Image
I am in general a very pessimistic person with an optimistic, day- to- day take on things. The bare facts of life… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
There is no evidence that we've been placed on this planet to be especially happy or especially normal. And in fact our… — Jon Ronson Copy Share Image
The Socratic maxim that the recognition of our ignorance is the beginning of wisdom has profound significance for our understanding of society.… — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
The philosopher Descartes believed he had found the most fundamental truth when he made his famous statement: "I think, therefore I am."… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
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I had the lonely child's habit of making up stories and holding conversations with imaginary persons, and I think from the very… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
If my false figures came near to the facts, this happened merely by chance ... These comments are not worth printing. Yet… — Johannes Kepler Copy Share Image
It is Deism which depicts God as the passive onlooker rather than the active governor of His world, and which assures us… — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image
But I really think it's a very unfortunate part of our judicial system and I would feel much, much better if more… — John Paul Stevens Copy Share Image
Oh, remember that as certain as the historical fact, He died on Calvary; so certain is the prophetic fact, He shall reign,… — Alexander MacLaren Copy Share Image
What about our refusal to look squarely at the degradation of the planet we inhabit? In the last election cycle many candidates… — David Remnick Copy Share Image
Look at the sky. It’s not dark and black and without character. The black is, in fact deep blue. And over there:… — Richard Curtis Copy Share Image
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What we, or at any rate what I, refer to confidently as memory--meaning a moment, a scene, a fact that has been… — William Maxwell Copy Share Image
Perhaps anxious politicians may prove that only seventeen white men and five negroes were concerned in the late enterprise; but their very… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Although I write in English, and despite the fact that I'm from America, I consider myself an Armenian writer. The words I… — William Saroyan Copy Share Image
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Death is a natural part of life. If you fear death then you will die young but if you embrace death and… — Melchor Lim Copy Share Image
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Everest wasn't like any other mountain. Only one of ten climbers who attempt the mountain stands on the summit. And for every… — Stacy Allison Copy Share Image
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