One of the saddest lines in the world is, 'Oh come now - be realistic.' The best parts of this world were not fashioned by those who were realistic. They were fashioned by those who dared to look hard at their wishes and gave them horses to ride.

Hate was such a waste of human resources. So little was accomplished with hate, so much more with love.

Haley Walsh

You say it is the good cause that hallows even war? I tell you: it is the good war that hallows every cause.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Now the main areas of higher education that still enjoy considerable financial support from government are subjects like engineering and science and the research ringfence which is the basic minimum to protect Britain's scientific competitiveness.

Vince Cable

Educate people without religion and you make them but clever devils.

Duke of Wellington Arthur Welles

Whenever there is a conflict between human rights and property rights, human rights must prevail

Abraham Lincoln

Making good decisions is a crucial skill at every level.

Peter Drucker

It is an interesting question how far men would retain their relative rank if they were divested of their clothes.

Henry David Thoreau

A man will tell you that he has worked in a mine for forty years unhurt by an accident as a reason why he should apprehend no danger, though the roof is beginning to sink...

George Eliot

We have also arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. This is a prescription for disaster. We might get away with it for a while, but sooner or later this combustible mixture of ignorance and power is going to blow up in our faces.

Carl Sagan

I got to dress up in funny clothes and run around New Zealand with a bow and arrow for 18 months, how bad could that be?

Orlando Bloom

Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations

Vulcan

Power and position often make a man trifle with the truth.

George A. Smith