The real difficulty, the difficulty which has baffled the sages of all times, is rather this: how can we make our teaching so potent in the motional life of man, that its influence should withstand the pressure of the elemental psychic forces in the

People are slow to believe that, which if believed would work them harm.

Ovid

We left. We did not say: Don't drive, You're drunk. We did not say: We aren't letting you in that car when you are upset. We did not say: We insist on going with you. We did not say: This can wait until tomorrow. Anything-everything-can wait.

John Green

The stuff of life turned out to be not a quivering, glowing, wondrous gel but a contraption of tiny jigs, springs, hinges, rods, sheets, magnets, zippers, and trapdoors, assembled by a data tape whose information is copied, downloaded and scanned.

Steven Pinker

I think theatre should always be somewhat suspect.

Vaclav Havel

When the first computers started to come in, we tried to digitalize the seismological equipment.

Frank Press

Progress for black Americans depends on good schools because education is the last great equalizer.

Alphonso Jackson

Well, paycheck protection is an important ingredient for a successful campaign finance reform measure.

Andrew Card

I never talk back. I listen and always remember your every word, so come pen or mouse, never forget that I will treasure your thoughts forever. Yours truly, Paper.

L.M. Fields

One person with a belief is equal to a force of ninety-nine who have only interests.

John Stuart Mill

I think being a parent is the most challenging thing you do. That's why we're here. It's at the heart of what it is to be a human being. It's the ultimate experience because it questions everything about who you are. But it's difficult.

Michael Sheen

Knowledge is ancient error reflecting on its youth.

Francis Picabia

The Negro needs the white man to free him from his fears. The white man needs the Negro to free him from his guilt.

Martin Luther King, Jr.