Possession of the box conferred a kind of power on the wielder--which was that anyone, confronted with the hypnotic glass eye, would submissively obey the most peremptory orders about stance and expression.

Knowledge is the prime need of the hour.

Mary McLeod Bethune

When I think over what I have said, I envy dumb people.

Seneca (Seneca the Elder)

Joy lies in the fight, in the attempt, in the suffering involved, not in the victory itself

Mahatma Gandhi

They're very, uh, you know, I don't come from the suburbs and a jolly, Disney type of lifestyle. I come from something totally different. And they're cool and bare minimum so it's not always a money issue for me.

Shia LaBeouf

Ultimately it's a leap of faith and a leap of imagination to put yourself back in time into those conditions and situations and see how you would react.

Derek Jacobi

Patriotism is an indispensable weapon in the defense of civilization against barbarism.

Bill Kristol

The thing about being autistic is that you gradually get less and less autistic, because you keep learning, you keep learning how to behave. It's like being in a play I'm always in a play.

Temple Grandin

If those committed to the quest fail, they will be forgiven. When lost, they will find another way. The moral imperative of humanism is the endeavor alone, whether successful or not, provided the effort is honorable and failure memorable.

E. O. Wilson

I love California, I practically grew up in Phoenix.

Dan Quayle

Evil is nourished and grows by concealment.

Virgil

A king is a thing men have made for their own sakes, for quietness sake. Just as in a family one man is appointed to buy the meat.

John Selden

If someone is making a judgment when they don't have firsthand experience, it's intolerant. How can you make a judgment on something you don't know about?

Beck