It is not scientism to concede the objectivity and precision of good science, any more than it is history worship to concede that Napoleon did once rule in France and the Holocaust actually happened. Those who fear the facts will forever try to discredit the fact-finders.

Ugly deeds are most estimable when hidden.

Blaise Pascal

Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.

Samuel Butler

I like England more than I did when I left. It's become a bit of a better country in the last ten years, in the attitude of it. A bit more Americanized, which is both good and bad. At least when you order a cup of coffee they don't give you a hard time.

Teddy Thompson

Be prepared, work hard, and hope for a little luck. Recognize that the harder you work and the better prepared you are, the more luck you might have.

Ed Bradley

I actually share her view and understand her frustration when any government attempts to ban secular symbols like Santa Claus or Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer or Christmas lights.

Steve Israel

Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced and the inconvenience is often considerable.

Jane Austen

Success is dependent on effort.

Sophocles

The common element in all the special forms of contemplation is the loving, yearning, affirming bent toward that happiness which is the same as God Himself, and which is the aim and purpose of all that happens in the world.

Josef Pieper

Truth is strong, and sometime or other will prevail.

Mary Astell

A nation which expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, expects that which never was and never will be.

Thomas Jefferson

I really don't like when things are all polished and perfect - the perfect love story and the hair is perfect.

Marisa Tomei

The experience of eternity right here and now is the function of life. Heaven is not the place to have the experience; here is the place to have the experience.

Joseph Campbell