I have defined the hundred per cent American as ninety-nine per cent an idiot.

There are two sorts of curiosity - the momentary and the permanent. The momentary is concerned with the odd appearance on the surface of things. The permanent is attracted by the amazing and consecutive life that flows on beneath the surface of things.

Robert Wilson Lynd

Segregation shaped me; education liberated me.

Maya Angelou

As we approach the new millennium, we see how much remains to be done to give our young and future generations a better world to live in: a more peaceful society with a healthier, cleaner environment and a pattern of sustainable development which seeks to eradicate poverty. Education is the single most powerful means to improve the quality of life... the single most powerful weapon against poverty and intolerance. Education builds a culture of peace ... it empowers human beings, both young and adult, to be effective in their chosen sphere of activity ... education in its essence, opens doors to both personal and social development.

Federico Mayor, Address at the S

The wish to acquire more is admittedly a very natural and common thing and when men succeed in this they are always praised rather than condemned. But when they lack the ability to do so and yet want to acquire more at all costs, they deserve condemnation for their mistakes.

Niccolo Machiavelli

He that hopes no good fears no ill.

Thomas Fuller

Agriculture, manufactures, commerce, and navigation, the four pillars of our prosperity, are then most thriving when left most free to individual enterprise. Protection from casual embarrassments, however, may sometimes be seasonably interposed.

Thomas Jefferson

Scotland is my country, the nation that shaped me, that taught me my values. A nation whose achievements inspired and inspire me, a community whose failings drive me - drive my overwhelming desire to fight for social justice and equality.

Johann Lamont

I rate enthusiasm even above professional skill.

Edward Appleton

Irony is the hygiene of the mind.

Elizabeth Bibesco

Let today be the day you stop being haunted by the ghost of yesterday. Holding a grudge

Steve Maraboli

I worked in a pet store and people would ask how big I would get.

Rodney Dangerfield

Miracles sometimes occur, but one has to work terribly hard for them.

Chaim. Weizmann