Inductive reason, which alone makes man master of his environment, is an achievement and when once born it must be reinforced by inhibiting the growth of other modes of knowledge.

People who like this sort of thing will find this the sort of thing they like.

Abraham Lincoln

The heart should have fed upon the truth, as insects on a leaf, till it be tinged with the color, and show its food in every... minutest fiber.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Parents and legislators love to blame people like us for corrupting the youth of this country, but the kids were corrupted long before we ever got to them.

Marilyn Manson

The worst enemy of life, freedom and the common decencies is total anarchy; their second worst enemy is total efficiency

Aldous Huxley

If I go into a sandwich shop or anywhere that features 'Today's specials' on a chalkboard more than 10 feet away, I have to ask for a printed menu. I smile at people I don't know on the street and ignore those I do. When at home, I often find myself grabbing my 'back-up' glasses to search for the better-loved pair I have left on top of my dresser.

Sloane Crosley

The place of the father in the modern suburban family is a very small one, particularly if he plays golf.

Bertrand Russell

I spent an hour looking at pots and carpets in the museums the other day, until the desire to describe them became like the desire for the lusts of the flesh.

Virginia Woolf

I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble.

Augustus

Success can make you go one of two ways. It can make you a prima donna - or it can smooth the edges, take away the insecurities, let the nice things come out.

Barbara Walters

Victory is a political fiction.

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Belief is the death of intelligence.

Robert Anton Wilson

There are lies, damned lies, and statistics.

Mark Twain