Institutions develop because people put a lot of trust in them, they meet real needs, they represent important aspirations, whether it's monasteries, media, or banks, people begin by trusting these institutions, and gradually the suspicion develops that actually they're working for themselves, not for the community.

The national security state has many unfair and cruel weapons in its arsenal, but that of junk science is one which can be fought and perhaps defeated.

Aldrich Ames

I've got to be high class... Which is sad, because I like bars.

Daniel Craig

There is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in.

Leonard Cohen

Character is the result of two things: Mental attitude and the way we spend our time.

Elbert Hubbard

More Asians need to be on television as a positive role model.

Kiana Tom

Rather than saying, 'My checking account is a wreck,' change it to 'I will learn how to track my spending and balance my checkbook.'

Suze Orman

Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.

Albert Einstein

I know what you're going to say! 'They are men, and men should be free.' A free man is dangerous to himself and everyone else. Freedom should be left to those who can put it to good use.

Dave Sim

Neither current events nor history show that the majority rule, or ever did rule.

Jefferson Davis

We who were loved will never unlive that crippling fever.

Adrienne Rich

Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.

William Butler Yeats

There is a period near the beginning of every man's life when he has little to cling to except his unmanageable dream, little to support him except good health, and nowhere to go but all over the place.

E.B. (Elwyn Brooks) White