Appeals Quote by Ninian Smart

“Forget the politicians. The politicians are put there to give you the idea you have freedom of choice. You don't. You have no choice.…

— George Carlin

It's fairly obvious that American education is a cultural flop. Americans are not a well-educated people culturally, and their vocational education often has to…

— Raymond Chandler

Too much of what passes for design now is theater. It's one thing to be eccentric- and by the way, most eccentrics tend to…

— Albert Hadley

For whatever reason, people, including very well-educated people or people otherwise interested in reading, do not read poetry

— Paul Muldoon

The difference between ignorant and educated people is that the latter know more facts. But that has nothing to do with whether they are…

— Michael Moore

Education is the key. With a really good education, you have a much broader view of the world. Well-educated people can seek help for…

— Laura Bush

There is a small minority of well-educated people with relatively sensible views on economics, and an extremely tiny minority of economists with highly sensible…

— Bryan Caplan

“But there’s a reason. There’s a reason. There’s a reason for this, there’s a reason education sucks, and it’s the same reason that it…

— George Carlin

Unless we have a well-educated people, we're vulnerable on our national security.

— Mark Hatfield

All of the religions - with the exception of Tibetan Buddhism, which doesn't believe in a heaven - teach that heaven is a better…

— Barbara Walters

The point with Buddhism is that it doesn't just tell you to be good, it tells you how. It doesn't just say, "Don't be…

— Tenzin Palmo

Buddhism doesn't really have much time for political mass-movements. We are so trained to think of politics in terms of acting collectively, acting as…

— Pankaj Mishra