The greatest tragedy in America is not the destruction of our natural resources, though that tragedy is great. The truly great tragedy is the destruction of our human resources by our failure to fully utilize our abilities, which means that most men and women go to their graves with their music still in them.

I receive Thee ransom of my soul. For love of Thee have I studied and kept vigil toiled preached and taught

St. Thomas Aquinas

Every murder turns on a bright hot light, and a lot of people have to walk out of the shadows.

Mark Hellinger

A computer won't clean up the errors in your manual of procedures.

Sheila M. Eby

I'm not Michael Moore. I think Michael Moore wants to tell you how to think. He wants to give you answers. I make movies to raise my own personal questions and not to give answers.

Jason Reitman

Our understanding of the world around us is constantly being redefined and expanded, and so therefore, it is wiser to be passionate about seeking for truth than knowing it.

Bryant H. McGill

No one will improve your lot if you do not yourself.

Bertolt Brecht

Knowledge is ancient error reflecting on its youth.

Francis Picabia

No slavery can be abolished without a double emancipation, and the master will benefit by freedom more than the freed-man.

Thomas Huxley

Mistresses are like books; if you pore upon them too much, they doze you and make you unfit for company; but if used discreetly, you are the fitter for conversation by em.

William Wycherley

All honor's wounds are self-inflicted.

Andrew Carnegie

It requires more courage to suffer than to die.

Napoleon Bonaparte

He who confuses political liberty with freedom and political equality with similarity has never thought for five minutes about either.

George Bernard Shaw