Many people are capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing.

Knowledge about life is one thing; effective occupation of a place in life, with its dynamic currents passing through your being, is another.

William James

Mathematics may be defined as the subject in which we never know what we are talking about, nor whether what we are saying is true

Bertrand Russell

You need to know enough of the natural sciences so that you are not a stranger in the world.

John Searle

Civilization as it is known today could not have evolved, nor can it survive, without an adequate food supply.

Norman Borlaug

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.

Abraham Lincoln

One small boy was all it took to upset the universe

James Miller

There is a kind of courtesy in skepticism. It would be an offense against polite conventions to press our doubts too far.

George Santayana

A man who is at the top is a man who has the habit of getting to the bottom.

Joseph E. Rogers

I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly.

Michel de Montaigne

Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions.

Dag Hammarskjold

Anyway, there's plenty of room for doubt. It might seem easy enough, but computer language design is just like a stroll in the park....Jurassic Park, that is.

Larry Wall

New ideas should confront old ideas. We must refer to the example of Europe. People have fought to make Europe what it is today. Freedom is not something that is served up on a plate.

Tahar Ben Jelloun