The conception that, instead of this, contemporary society is at or near a turning point is very prominent in the views of a school of social scientists who, though they are still comparatively few, are getting more and more of a hearing.

He that communicates his secret to another makes himself that other's slave.

Baltasar Gracian

In order to satirize adequately, I think you need to bring people down to Earth and be like, 'Yeah, these people drink coffee and have tummy troubles and they go to the bathroom like anybody else, and they all have relationship problems, if they even have relationships.'

Anna Chlumsky

Friends and good manners will carry you where money won't go.

Margaret Walker

Temperance is a tree which as for its root very little contentment, and for its fruit calm and peace.

Buddha

Beauty is first and foremost an emotion.

Tahar Ben Jelloun

I discovered early on that some performers live their life in order to act, so all their relationships are simply an experience that they can feed back into their work. Which I find vampiric.

Cate Blanchett

Longhorns are unique - each and every one of them is a different color with a different design.

Janine Turner

Extinction is the rule. Survival is the exception.

Carl Sagan

Mathematics as an expression of the human mind reflects the active will, the contemplative reason, and the desire for aesthetic perfection. Its basic elements are logic and intuition, analysis and construction, generality and individuality.

Richard Courant

I see the eight of us with our 'Secret Annexe' as if we were a little piece of blue heaven, surrounded by heavy black rain clouds. The round, clearly defined spot where we stand is still safe, but the clouds gather more closely about us and the circle which separates us from the approaching danger closes more and more tightly. Now we are so surrounded by danger and darkness that we bump against each other, as we search desperately for a means of escape. We all look down below, where people are fighting each other, we look above, where it is quiet and beautiful, and meanwhile we are cut off by the great dark mass, which will not let us go upwards, but which stands before us as an impenetrable wall; it tries to crush us, but cannot do so yet. I can only cry and implore: 'Oh, if only the black circle could recede and open the way for us!'

Anne Frank, The Diary of Anne Fr

People smile at me as if they know me. I just smile back. They probably might know me.

Jim Broadbent

The world of knowledge takes a crazy turn when teachers themselves are taught to learn.

Bertolt Brecht