If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible; who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time; who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer.

Suddenly Ka realized he was in love with ?pek. And realizing that this love would determine the rest of his life, he was filled with dread.

Orhan Pamuk

Machines are worshipped because they are beautiful, and valued because they confer power; they are hated because they are hideous, and loathed because they impose slavery

Bertrand Russell

In every dispute between parent and child, both cannot be right, but they may be, and usually are, both wrong. It is this situation which gives family life its peculiar hysterical charm.

Isaac Rosenfeld

History is little more than the register of the crimes, follies and misfortunes of mankind.

Edward Gibbon

All the passions make us commit faults; love makes us commit the most ridiculous ones.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Faith means belief in something concerning which doubt is theoretically possible.

William James

I'm someone who's done the opposite of whatever the received wisdom is, to keep your career going into your 50s.

Elizabeth McGovern

Is no one inspired by our present picture of the universe? Our poets do not write about it; our artists do not try to portray this remarkable thing. The value of science remains unsung by singers: you are reduced to hearing not a song or poem, but an evening lecture about it. This is not yet a scientific age.

Richard Feynman

In their figurative game of chess, Anthony Rawlings had Claire in check. Every move she made, he countered.

Aleatha Romig

My students frequently ask what their next project should be. My advice: immerse yourself in the music you love and you will find what you want to do; you will discover your next project.

Lukas Foss

I ended up dropping out of high school. I'm a high school dropout, which I'm not proud to say, ... I had some teachers that I still think of fondly and were amazing to me. But I had other teachers who said, 'You know what? This dream of yours is a hobby. When are you going to give it up?' I had teachers who I could tell didn't want to be there. And I just couldn't get inspired by someone who didn't want to be there

Hilary Swank

Death borders upon our birth, and our cradle stands in the grave.

Joseph Hall