Most people are far too much occupied with themselves to be malicious.

However unwillingly a person who has a strong opinion may admit the possibility that his opinion may be false, he ought to be moved by the consideration that, however true it may be, if it is not fully, frequently, and fearlessly discussed, it will be held as a dead dogma, not a living truth.

John Stuart Mill

I get up early in the morning, 4 o'clock, and I sit at my desk and what I do is just dream. After three or four hours, that's enough. In the afternoon, I run.

Haruki Murakami

Absurdity, n. A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion.

Ambrose Bierce

The human spirit must prevail over technology.

Albert Einstein

For me, science is already fantastical enough. Unlocking the secrets of nature with fundamental physics or cosmology or astrobiology leads you into a wonderland compared with which beliefs in things like alien abductions pale into insignificance.

Paul Davies

You always give credit where credit is due - to high school coaches, college coaches - but my dad, the foundation that he built with me, is where all of this came from. The speed, the determination, the mindset, just the natural belief that you can do anything you put your mind to, it all comes from my dad.

Robert Griffin III

Obedience is a word and concept from which the valiant look for their deliverance.

Source Unknown

Self-command is the main discipline.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Species go extinct because there are historical contraints built into a given body or a given design.

Kevin Kelly

G.I. humor is similar to cop humor.

Nelson Demille

Human societies, like human beings, live by faith and die when faith dies.

Whittaker Chambers

When someone says that the free market isn't working, what he means is that he doesn't like the way the free market is working.

Nicolas Martin, "Indianapolis St