But the scientific importance of a change in knowledge of fact consists precisely in j its having consequences for a system of theory.

We are not directly involved in Syria. But we will be working with our partners in the European Union and at the United Nations to see if we can persuade the Syrian authorities to go, as I say, more in that direction of respect for democracy and human rights.

William Hague

There is in fact no such thing as art for art's sake, art that stands above classes, art that is detached from or independent of politics. Proletarian literature and art are part of the whole proletarian revolutionary cause.

Mao Zedong

The foolishness of old age does not characterize all who are old, but only the foolish.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

The rule of joy and the law of duty seem to me all one.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

The city is not a concrete jungle. It is a human zoo.

Desmond Morris

Let us remember, when we are inclined to be disheartened, that the private soldier is a poor judge of the fortunes of a great battle.

W. R. [William Ralph] Inge

Oh! if, when we oppress and grind our fellow-creatures, we bestowed but one thought on the dark evidences of human error, which, like dense and heavy clouds, are rising, slowly it is true, but not less surely, to Heaven, to pour their after-vengeance on our heads; if we heard but one instant, in imagination, the deep testimony of the dead men's voices, which no power can stifle, and no pride shut out; where would be the injury and injustice: the suffering, misery, cruelty, and wrong: that each day's life brings with it!

Charles Dickens

Ridiculous stuff happens when I travel.

Rebecca Lobo

The question arises as to whether it is possible not to live in the world of men and still to live in the world.

Louise Bernikow

The man who throws a bomb is an artist, because he prefers a great moment to everything.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

He that cannot obey, cannot command.

Benjamin Franklin

Old age and the passage of time teach all things.

Sophocles