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No other question has ever moved so profoundly the spirit of man; no other idea has so fruitfully stimulated his intellect; yet no other concept… — David Hilbert
If the child is left to himself, he will think more and better, if less showily. Let him go and come freely, let him touch… — Anne Sullivan Macy
Most enlightened men now recognize that General Jackson is not fitted to fill the office of President; his limited experience of anything to do with… — Jared Sparks
Nowhere more truly than in his mental capacities is man a part of nature. — Edward Thorndike
Some statements concern the conscious states of the animal, what he is to himself as an inner life; others concern his original and acquired ways… — Edward Thorndike
At this level, the individual perceives the maintenance of the expectations of his family, group, or nation as valuable in its own right, regardless of… — Lawrence Kohlberg
One of the most frightening things about your true nerd, for may people, is not that he's socially inept - because everybody's been there -… — Neal Stephenson
With two thousand years of Christianity behind him... a man can't see a regiment of soldiers march past without going off the deep end. It… — Louis-Ferdinand Celine
The real terrorist threats are George W. Bush and his band of brown-shirted thugs. — Sandra Bernhard
I fought for the values of responsibility, and I'm not a man who does not accept his responsibilities. — Nicolas Sarkozy
The philosopher ought never to try to avoid the duty of making up his mind. — Mortimer Adler
Obama often criticizes policies that place the interests of the powerful ahead of the powerless. But through his administration's support of abortion rights, Obama shows… — Gary Bauer
But constant experience shows us that every man invested with power is apt to abuse it, and to carry his authority as far as it… — Baron de Montesquieu
I do dumb stuff, like playing my favorite dumb Barry White song and lip-synching into the mirror so it looks like his voice is coming… — Lynda Barry
So the mayor of New Orleans would have used his own buses had the people had been white? — Sean Hannity
I went to Amherst because my brother had gone there before me, and he went there because his guidance counselor thought that we would do… — Joseph Stiglitz
I think every player listens out for his name being sung and it's something I really enjoy. — Steven Gerrard
The war was a mirror; it reflected man's every virtue and every vice, and if you looked closely, like an artist at his drawings, it… — George Grosz
The human being is a self-propelled automaton entirely under the control of external influences. Willful and predetermined though they appear, his actions are governed not… — Nikola Tesla
Had it not been for James Meredith, who was willing to risk his life, the University of Mississippi would still be all white. — Constance Baker Motley
My father had retained an emotional affection for the ceremonial of his parental home, without allowing it to influence his intellectual freedom — Franz Boas
I think of myself as a writer who happens to be doing his writing as an anthropologist — Clifford Geertz
Every man should be considered as having a right to the character which he deserves; that is, to be spoken of according to his actions. — James Mill
Ancient recipients of instant news probably couldn't do very much about it, for instance. Xerxes would still need three months to get his army together,… — Peter Singer
Take the situation of a scientist solving a problem, where he has certain data, which call for certain responses. Some of this set of data… — George H. Mead

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