He who loves practice without theory is like the sailor who boards ship without a rudder and compass and never knows where he may cast.

Before my teen years, I was losing my hearing pretty quickly, and I was getting very, very angry. I was beginning to become an angry person because of that.

Evelyn Glennie

I don't judge people. It blurs out the center of my attention,my focus, myself.

Toba Beta

Engineering is too important to wait for science.

Benoit Mandelbrot

The actual tragedies of life bear no relation to one's preconceived ideas. In the event, one is always bewildered by their simplicity, their grandeur of design, and by that element of the bizarre which seems inherent in them.

Jean Cocteau

What the eye does not admire the heart does not desire.

Proverb

In the third century after Christ the faith continued to spread.

Kenneth Scott Latourette

The spirit of truth and the spirit of freedom - these are the pillars of society.

Henrik Ibsen

Dullness in matters of government is a good sign, and not a bad one - in particular, dullness in parliamentary government is a test of its excellence, an indication of its success.

Walter Bagehot

one half of her should not be always so much wiser than the other half

Jane Austen

Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

I begin to feel like most Americans don't understand the First Amendment, don't understand the idea of freedom of speech, and don't understand that it's the responsibility of the citizen to speak out.

Roger Ebert

The question is very understandable, but no one has found a satisfactory answer to it so far. Yes, why do they make still more gigantic planes, still heavier bombs and, at the same time, prefabricated houses for reconstruction? Why should millions be spent daily on the war and yet there's not a penny available for medical services, artists, or for poor people?Why do some people have to starve, while there are surpluses rotting in other parts of the world? Oh,why are people so crazy?

Anne Frank