There has to be this pioneer, the individual who has the courage, the ambition to overcome the obstacles that always develop when one tries to do something worthwhile, especially when it is new and different.

There will always be a place for us somewhere, somehow, as long as we see to it that working people fight for everything they have, everything they hope to get, for dignity, equality, democracy, to oppose war and to bring to the world a better life.

Harry Bridges

Because there is very little honor left in American life, there is a certain built-in tendency to destroy masculinity in American men.

Norman Mailer

I have found having my dad as my North Star has worked well for me.

Tony Parsons

I think the one thing this picture shows that's new is the psychological disproportion of the kids' demands on the parents. Parents are often at fault, but the kids have some work to do, too.

James Dean

A woman is only a woman, but a good cigar is a smoke.

Rudyard Kipling

Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.

H. G. [Herbert George] Wells

Chief Seattle, of the Indians that inhabited the Seattle area, wrote a wonderful paper that has to do with putting oneself in tune with the universe. He said,

Joseph Campbell

You have no time to do the science if you're talking to the media.

James Hansen

Never forget the facts are important but it's the opinion of the facts that causes comment.

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Rule No. 1: Never lose money; rule No. 2: Don’t forget rule No. 1.

Warren Buffett

The truth is, it's not a great career move to create a readership and then, in effect, abandon them.

Dan Simmons

The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.

Leonardo DaVinci