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- There are unidentified flying objects. That is, there are a hard core of cases-perhaps 20 to 30 percent in different studies-for which there is no…
- Ninety-nine percent of the time humans have lived on this planet we've lived in tribes, groups of 12 to 36 people. Only during times of…
- Man's most human characteristic is not his ability to learn, which he shares with many other species, but his ability to teach and store what…
- The most intractable problem today is not pollution or technology or war; but the lack of belief that the future is very much in the…
- Each home has been reduced to the bare essentials -- to barer essentials than most primitive people would consider possible. Only one woman's hands to…
- Our treatment of both older people and children reflects the value we place on independence and autonomy. We do our best to make our children…
- Many women, particularly young women, have claimed the right to use the most explicit sex terms, including extremely vulgar ones, in public as well as…
- Sister is probably the most competitive relationship within the family, but once the sisters are grown, it becomes the strongest relationship.
- I was wise enough to never grow up while fooling most people into believing I had.
- Our first and most pressing problem is how to do away with warfare as a method of solving conflicts between national groups within a society…
- The most extraordinary thing about a really good teacher is that he or she transcends accepted educational methods. Such methods are designed to help average…
- ...recognize and respect Earth's beautiful systems of balance, between the presence of animals on land, the fish in the sea, birds in the air, mankind,…
- One of the most dangerous things that can happen to a child is to kill or torture an animal and get away with it.
More Most Quotes
- The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. — Hannah Arendt
- The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution. — Hannah Arendt
- No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our history has… — Hannah Arendt
- The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes. — Aristotle
- Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion. — Aristotle
- The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons. — Aristotle
- Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved. — Aristotle
- For as the eyes of bats are to the blaze of day, so is the reason in our soul to the things… — Aristotle
- Most people would rather give than get affection. — Aristotle
- What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue… — Aristotle
- My mother is the coolest, most amazing person I know. — J. J. Abrams
- The most deeply personal of my works are the non-fiction works, the autobiographical works, because there, I'm talking about myself very directly. — Paul Auster