The trouble with the world is not that people know too little, but that they know so many things that ain't so.

We find the most terrible form of atheism, not in the militant and passionate struggle against the idea of God himself, but in the practical atheism of everyday living, in indifference and torpor. We often encounter these forms of atheism among those who are formally Christians.

Nicolai A. Berdyaev

The rules of capitalization are so unfair to words in the middle of a sentence.

John Green

The most tragic paradox of our time is to be found in the failure of nation-states to recognize the imperatives of internationalism.

Earl Warren

The love of one

Pau (Pablo) Casals

America is at that awkward stage it's too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards.

Claire Wolfe

Character builds slowly, but it can be torn down with incredible swiftness.

Faith Baldwin

People ask me to smile for the camera, but somehow it always comes out gloomy.

Stephen Rea

I think we too often make choices based on the safety of cynicism, and what we're lead to is a life not fully lived. Cynicism is fear, and it's worse than fear - it's active disengagement.

Ken Burns

The College Access and Opportunity Act addresses the important need to make higher education more affordable and easier to access for low and middle-income students.

Ron Lewis

Bastard Freedom waves Her fustian flag in mockery over slaves.

Thomas Moore

The course of the flight up and down was exceedingly erratic, partly due to the irregularity of the air, and partly to lack of experience in handling this machine. The control of the front rudder was difficult on account of its being balanced too near the center.

Orville Wright

There are two principles of established acceptance in morals; first, that self-interest is the mainspring of all of our actions, and secondly, that utility is the test of their value.

Charles Caleb Colton, Lacon, 182