Again and again I am brought up against it, and again and again I resist it: I don't want to believe it, even though it is almost palpable: the vast majority lack an intellectual conscience; indeed, it often seems to me that to demand such a thing is to be in the most populous cities as solitary as in the desert.

Creating a new theory is not like destroying an old barn and erecting a skyscraper in its place. It is rather like climbing a mountain, gaining new and wider views, discovering unexpected connections between our starting points and its rich environment. But the point from which we started out still exists and can be seen, although it appears smaller and forms a tiny part of our broad view gained by the mastery of the obstacles on our adventurous way up.

Albert Einstein

Anyone can rat, but it takes a certain amount of ingenuity to re-rat.

Sir Winston Churchill

I mean, language fascinates me anyway, and different words have different energies and you can change the whole drive of a sentence.

Alan Rickman

Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans.

John Lennon

Humility is nothing but truth, and pride is nothing but lying.

St Vincent De Paul

I do live like a rock star, but it's not as great as it sounds. It's a lot of traveling.

Ron White

In the democracy of the dead all men at last are equal. There is neither rank nor station nor prerogative in the republic of the grave.

John J. Ingalls

I gather from a lawyer that there was a rehearsal yesterday. We haven't a hope. I know the presiding judge too: I've had the misfortune to sleep with his wife. He was specially picked.

Alphonse Karr

I was born in Corpus Christi, Texas, the youngest of four girls, including my oldest sister, Lisa, who has special needs. My mom was a special education teacher, and my dad worked on the Army base. We weren't wealthy, but we were determined to succeed.

Eva Longoria

I wonder whether they have rum and Coke in Heaven? Maybe it's too mundane a pleasure, but I hope so -- as a sundowner. Except, of course, the sun never goes down there. Oh, man, this heaven is going to take some getting used to.

Desmond Tutu, London Sunday Tele

What we need in appointive positions are men of knowledge and experience with sufficient character to resist temptations.

Calvin Coolidge

A harmful truth is better than a useful lie.

Thomas Mann