Great research universities must insist on independence from government and on the exercise of academic freedom.

Brains don't really smell, but what's amazing about the brain is that it's almost like scrambled eggs or soft tofu, almost like a gel. The brain controls so much of what we do, but you could put your finger right through it.

Ellen Pompeo

I do respect people's faith, but I don't respect their manipulation of that faith in order to create fear and control.

Javier Bardem

The path of least resistance is the path of the loser.

Phil Weltman

I never gave up on country music because I knew what I was doing was not that bad.

Willie Nelson

I kept my age quiet for a good few years. I didn't see it as a positive. I worked remotely, so I just didn't tell people.

Pete Cashmore

What love we've given, we'll have forever. What love we fail to give, will be lost for all eternity.

Leo Buscaglia

Always think of your customers as suppliers first. Work closely with them, so they can supply you with the information you need to supply them with the right products and services.

Susan Marthaller

We can no longer allow Americas dependence on foreign oil to compromise our energy security. Instead, we must invest in inventing new ways to power our cars and our economy. Ill put my faith in American science and ingenuity any day before I depend on Saudi Arabia.

Senator John Kerry

If at first you don't succeed; you are running about average.

M. H. Alderson

You've got to be one that, wherever you are, like a flower, you've got to blossom where you're planted. You cannot eliminate darkness. You cannot banish it by cursing darkness. The only way to get rid of darkness is light and to be the light yourself.

Cory Booker

I can see, and that is why I can be happy, in what you call the dark, but which to me is golden. I can see a God-made world, not a manmade world.

Helen Keller

What are other women really thinking, feeling, experiencing, when they slip away from the gaze and culture of men?

Naomi Wolf