Power, like a desolating pestilence, Pollutes what'er it touches; and obedience,Bane of all genius, virtue, freedom, truth,Makes slaves of men, and, of the human frame,A mechanized automaton.

His wit and irony - particularly when he uses them to condemn superstition - are inimitable

Bertrand Russell

Faith can be interested in results only, for a truth once recognized as such puts an end to the believer's thinking.

Wilhelm von Humboldt

It's no good being nice and young and naive. There's no good in that at all. You've got to do it all yourself, and you've gotta learn quick. And you can't look for sympathy either.

Johnny Rotten

For neither life nor nature cares if justice is ever done or not.

Patricia Highsmith

Those that are evil have not only the good against them, but also the bad.

Bischer

When we become a really mature, grown-up, wise society, we will put teachers at the center of the community, where they belong. We don't honor them enough, we don't pay them enough.

Charles Kuralt

The man is not of the woman, but the woman of the man; neither was the man created for the woman, but the woman for a man

Bertrand Russell

We will not know unless we begin.

Howard Zinn

I've always had confidence. It came because I have lots of initiative. I wanted to make something of myself.

Eddie Murphy

A flatterer is one who says things to your face that he wouldn't say behind your back.

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With the counseling of my family doctor, my mother ended up turning to Weight Watchers and their children's program. I went to weekly meetings, got counseling and would exercise with my peers who were my size. It was the first time I saw a proper children's portion size, and it wasn't two burgers, it was one.

Ginnifer Goodwin

I'm afraid we have become a nation of plodders, who feel that all problems can be found in books and that the answers are on a certain page.

Clarence Linder