Anyone who believes that the laws of physics are mere social conventions is invited to try transgressing those conventions from the windows of my apartment. (I live on the twenty-first floor.)

There is nothing more agreeable in life than to make peace with the Establishment - and nothing more corrupting.

A. J. P. Taylor

News told, rumors heard, truth implied, facts buried.

Toba Beta

Nothing is more dangerous than an idea, when you only have one.

Alain Chartier

There is not much that even the most socially responsible scientists can do as individuals, or even as a group, about the social consequences of their activities.

E. J. Hobsbawm

Nothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment.

Thomas Carlyle

I had made her so unhappy that she had developed a sense of humor. [-Rabo Karabekian]

Kurt Vonnegut

What an occupation! To sit and flay your fellow men and then offer their skins for sale and expect them to buy them.

J. August Strindberg

When I gave birth to my fourth child, I suffered from post partum hemorrhaging. I almost lost my life. I was lucky to be under the care of trained health care personnel. I started wondering then what was happening to women in rural villages.

Joyce Banda

The difference between the old ballplayer and the new ballplayer is the jersey. The old ballplayer cared about the name on the front. The new ballplayer cares about the name on the back.

Steve Garvey

I had some experience in dealing with people who have mental illness and depression, but I didn't see the signs in myself. I couldn't ask for help because I didn't know I needed help.

Clara Hughes

The greatest mistake of the movement has been trying to organize a sleeping people around specific goals. You have to wake the people up first, then you'll get action.

Malcolm X

As a species we are always hungry for new knowledge.

Chaim Potok