Most new things are not good, and die an early death; but those which push themselves forward and by slow degrees force themselves on the attention of mankind are the unconscious productions of human wisdom, and must have honest consideration, and must not be made the subject of unreasoning prejudice.

I start with the premise that the function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.

Ralph Nader

There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.

Francis Bacon

Politeness is the slow poison of collaboration.

Edwin H. Land

Wisdom becomes nonsense in the mouth of a fanatic.

Otto Schuwdrmer

Child! Do not throw this book about;Refrain from the unholy pleasureOf cutting all the pictures out!Preserve it as your chiefest treasure.

Hilaire Belloc, dedication to Th

Beyond a doubt truth bears the same relation to falsehood as light to darkness.

Leonardo da Vinci

There is no such thing as an underestimate of average intelligence.

Henry Adams

Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.

George Bernard Shaw

There aren't many things that are universally cool, and it's cool not to litter. I'd never do it.

Matthew McConaughey

The tendency to claim God as an ally for our partisan value and ends is the source of all religious fanaticism.

Reinhold Niebuhr

Once I know people know who I am, it gives me a lot of licence and freedom to behave in ways I wouldn't normally.

Larry David

We are never so happy nor so unhappy as we imagine.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld