American politics Quote by Henry Adams

This is the face of our political class: arrogant, authoritarian, and on the level of some banana republic south of the border. Welcome to…

— Justin Raimondo

“The factor VIII project, both teams knew, would challenge the outer limits of gene-cloning technology. Somatostatin had 14 amino acids; insulin had 51. Factor…

— Siddhartha Mukherjee

Most people forget that Danny Biasone was the Wilbur Wright of basketball. Because he invented the 24-second clock, the game took off. Yet he…

— Dolph Schayes

“If I were giving a young man advice as to how he might succeed in life, I would say to him, pick out a…

— David McCullough

Do you solemnly swear never to conceal a vital clue from the reader? Do you promise to observe seemly moderation in the use of…

— Dorothy L. Sayers

Each time a swarm of worries invades your mind, refuse to be affected; wait calmly, while seeking the remedy. Spray the worries with the…

— Paramahansa Yogananda

The legends of fieldwork locate all important sites deep in inaccessible jungles inhabited by fierce beasts and restless natives, and surrounded by miasmas of…

— Stephen Jay Gould

Beyond individual intelligence, nature has also cultivated intelligence through swarms. For example, bees, birds and fish act in a more intelligent way when acting…

— Louis B. Rosenberg

When I go hear a man speak, I like to hear him speak like he's fighting a swarm of bees.

— Abraham Lincoln

Most startup companies have two people, and they figure out creative ways to swarm problems. They move faster and have more impact.

— Scott D. Anthony

Tis no extravagant arithmetic to say, that for every ten jokes, thou hast got an hundred enemies; and till thou hast gone on, and…

— Laurence Sterne

Wherever we see the Word of God purely preached and heard, there a church of God exists, even if it swarms with many faults.

— John Calvin

You want to stay alive in a zombie swarm? You go alone or in a small group, where everyone is of similar physical condition…

— Mira Grant

The implied threat of using nuclear weapons to curb guerrillas was as absurd as to talk of using a sledge hammer to ward off…

— B. H. Liddell Hart

If the world goes crazy for a lovely fossil, that's fine with me. But if that fossil releases some kind of mysterious brain ray…

— Carl Zimmer