In today's world, learning has become the key to economic prosperity, social cohesion and personal fulfillment. We can no longer afford to… — David Blunkett Copy Share Image
My parents had chosen the medical profession for me. I even studied a few semesters at St Xavier's College, but at the… — Zubin Mehta Copy Share Image
My parents emigrated from Poland in 1924 with my brother, who was a few months old. They were from a simple family… — Francois Englert Copy Share Image
I went through a few phases of finding myself: I dabbled in musical theater, chess club, dance troupe, splatter-painting, school mascot (go… — Debby Ryan Copy Share Image
I abhor the words 'classical music.' Few things satisfy me more than a really good cover version. — Charles Hazlewood Copy Share Image
Paleoclimatic records show clearly that the past 10,000 years, the Holocene, is a remarkably stable period in which we went from being… — Johan Rockstrom Copy Share Image
It would absolutely suck if you paid a few bucks for a book only to find that on the first page it… — Simon Travaglia Copy Share Image
Very few recognize science as the high adventure it really is, the wildest of all explorations ever taken by human beings, the… — Lewis Thomas Copy Share Image
I'm one of those few actresses who works all the time, and even though I haven't done a show that literally puts… — Rena Sofer Copy Share Image
The best way to make money is to have more economic freedom, which is why we are one of the very few… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
Few if any countries understand the growing importance of water as fully as Turkey does. — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
Until I was five, my immediate family lived near my grandfather's farm where my mother had grown up and, with the exception… — Kary Mullis Copy Share Image
There wasn't anyone in my family who was involved in the theatre. I saw a few amateur plays when I was growing… — Garry Hynes Copy Share Image
No matter how much good you do, there will always be a few per cent of people who don't support you. — Vincent Tan Copy Share Image
I know the one time I tried therapy, I did after a month or two, and I only lasted a few months,… — Justin Kirk Copy Share Image
As President Obama clearly said just a few months ago, China must play by the international rules, the international trading system from… — Gary Locke Copy Share Image
In my career quite a few people have tried to force me out, but so far no one has succeeded. — Ferdinand Piech Copy Share Image
“Are you going to judge a person's character by the mistakes they made on a few bad dates or by their achievements?” — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
Philip Kitcher thinks that mathematics is surprisingly like empirical science. Few mathematicians would agree; philosophers too, from Socrates on, have held the… — Ian Hacking Copy Share Image
