Those who have never entered upon scientific pursuits know not a tithe of the poetry by which they are surrounded.

The attitude of the actor is his interpretation of what he reads, and the written word is what creates the role in the actor's mind, and I guess in reading the things that were given to me, I reacted as you guys saw me, you know.

Gene Barry

Leadership does not depend on being right.

Ivan Illich

Society in every state is a blessing, but government, even in its best stage, is but a necessary evil in its worst state an intolerable one.

Thomas Paine

We had periodic crises in this country when the technical intelligence didn't support the policy. We had the bomber gap, the missile gap.

Aldrich Ames

The present structure of rewards in high schools produces a response on the part of an adolescent social system which effectively impedes the process of education.

James S. Coleman

I am not the born how can there be either birth or death for me?

Guru Nanak

If we want everything to remain as it is, it will be necessary for everything to change.

Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa

The two major things that changed the makeup of all professional sports are money generated by television and courts that players went to in order to win their freedom as free agents.

Will McDonough

He is not great who is not greatly good.

William Shakespeare

Being a famous actress may give you a sense of being important, but believe me, it's just an illusion.

Juliette Binoche

Bigotry murders religion to frighten fools with her ghost.

Charles Caleb Colton

You spend your whole life grieving for those who haven't died yet.

Orson Scott Card