It is possible to imagine a society flushed with such a sense of power that it could afford to let its offenders go unpunished.

All mankind is now learning that these nuclear weapons can only serve to destroy, never become beneficial.

Alva Myrdal

Nothing which is true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in any immediate context of history therefore we must be saved by faith.

Reinhold Niebuhr

It took us three years to build the NeXT computer. If we'd given customers what they said they wanted, we'd have built a computer they'd have been happy with a year after we spoke to them - not something they'd want now.

Steve Jobs

The only people that ever stand up and tell the truth are who? Intelligence officers. Because our culture is, never break faith with the truth. We'll tell you, you don't have to drag it out of us.

George Tenet

Everyone has a past, but that's just it-it's in the past. You can learn from it, but you can't change it.

Nicholas Sparks

Expensive clothes are a waste of money.

Meryl Streep

Why do we capital-N Nerds love Mars so much? Because it's beautiful, it's tough, it's buried in our mythic, childhood memories. It's covered with human triumphs but also with sad stories of failure.

Greg Bear

Not only were science and religion compatible, they were inseparable--the rise of science was achieved by deeply religious Christian scholars.

Rodney Stark

I am a poor man and of little worth, who is laboring in that art that God has given me in order to extend my life as long as possible.

Michelangelo

I was ready to quit music. It felt to me like music equalled death.

Dave Grohl

As the arteries grow hard, the heart grows soft.

H. L. Mencken

We learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning the answer itself.

Lloyd Alexander