A friend who is far away is sometimes much nearer than one who is at hand. Is not the mountain far more awe-inspiring and more clearly visible to one passing through the valley than to those who inhabit the mountain?

The terrible thing is that one cannot be a Communist and not let oneself in for the shameful act of recantation. One cannot be a Communist and preserve an iota of one's personal integrity.

Milovan Djilas

But the power of instruction is seldom of much efficacy, except in those happy dispositions where it is almost superfluous.

Edward Gibbon

For whatever reason, I didn't succumb to the stereotype that science wasn't for girls. I got encouragement from my parents. I never ran into a teacher or a counselor who told me that science was for boys. A lot of my friends did.

Sally Ride

Design is so critical it should be on the agenda of every meeting in every single department.

Tom Peters

How on earth are you ever going to explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a biological phenomenon as first love?

Albert Einstein

There have been times I have thought some dreams should never be dreamt, but I would hate a world where that was true.

Daniel Amory

As writers become more numerous, it is natural for readers to become more indolent whence must necessarily arise a desire of attaining knowledge with the greatest possible ease.

Oliver Goldsmith

I do not think that marriage is one of my talents. I've been much happier unmarried than married.

Doris Lessing

It's funny, the hardest thing to do is to make something look like it's fast, loose and improvised, and get somebody to laugh.

Abel Ferrara

All work, even cotton spinning, is noble; work is alone noble... A life of ease is not for any man, nor for any god.

Thomas Carlyle

We confide in our strength, without boasting of it, we respect that of others, without fearing it.

Thomas Jefferson

Happiness is like a kiss. You must share it to enjoy it.

Bernard Meltzer