We must not forget that when radium was discovered no one knew that it would prove useful in hospitals. The work was one of pure science. And this is a proof that scientific work must not be considered from the point of view of the direct usefulness of it. It must be done for itself, for the beauty of science, and then there is always the chance that a scientific discovery may become like the radium a benefit for humanity.

The husbands of very beautiful women belong to the criminal classes.

Oscar Wilde

I like people and get along, and I'm afraid to express my anger and my rage.

Fisher Stevens

So at a time in which the media give the public everything it wants and desires, maybe art should adopt a much more aggressive attitude towards the public. I myself am very much inclined to take this position.

Thom Mayne

The saying is true, The empty vessel makes the greatest sound

William Shakespeare

The only way to retrieve a secret,once known, is to replace it with a lie.

Orson Scott Card

To teach successfully we must tell all we know, but only what is adaptable to the student.

Fr餩ricC鳡r

Well, fancy giving money to the Government! Might as well have put it down the drain.

Auberon Herbert

I hold it that a little rebellion, now and then, is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical. It is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government.

Thomas Jefferson

But once you have satisfied your material needs, which I think every wealth creator should - the house, the car, the plane, the boat - what comes next?

Tom Hunter

When an opera star sings her head off, she usually improves her appearance.

Victor Borge

The word, and the concept of feminism, was a gift because it gave me a sense of identity and a way of defining how I wished to live my life.

Betty Buckley

Where the law ends tyranny begins.

Henry Fielding