Men give me credit for some genius. All the genius I have is this. When I have a subject in mind. I study it profoundly. Day and night it is before me. My mind becomes pervaded with it... the effort which I have made is what people are pleased to call the fruit of genius. It is the fruit of labor and thought.

Debate and divergence of views can only enrich our history and culture.

Ibrahim Babangida

The technology backbone is no longer an afterthought.

Nick Price

I stayed in Baghdad every summer until I was 14. My dad's sister is still there, but many of my relatives have managed to get out. People forget that there are still people there who are not radicalized in any particular direction, trying to live normal lives in a very difficult situation.

Andy Serkis

Searching outside of you is Samsara (the world). Searching within you leads to Nirvana.

Amit Ray

The truth may be puzzling. It may take some work to grapple with. It may be counterintuitive. It may contradict deeply held prejudices. It may not be consonant with what we desperately want to be true. But our preferences do not determine what's true.

Carl Sagan

I think with movies I am really connecting to the Joseph Campbell idea of the collective unconscious.

Will Smith

The jests of the rich are ever successful.

Oliver Goldsmith

Stories aren't the beauty of what did happen. They're the beauty of what could happen.

Brad Meltzer

The beauty of jazz is that it's malleable. People are addressing it to suit their own personalities.

Pat Metheny

Politicians should never put themselves first: governments should put people first and all of us should put our country first.

Source Unknown

There are so many things that poetry is about, one of which is memory.

Peter Davison

At the time, my grandparents told my mom, Lordy, what is Shannen doing? Now I've calmed down. on her reputation for bad behavior

Shannen Doherty