Well I am certainly wiser than this man. It is only too likely that neither of us has any knowledge to boast of; but he thinks that he knows something which he does not know, whereas I am quite conscious of my ignorance. At any rate it seems that I am wiser than he is to this small extent, that I do not think that I know what I do not know.

A ship in port is safe, but that's not what ships are built for.

Grace Hopper

Fuck rational thought

George Carlin

I knew then that I hadn't stopped believing in God. I'd just stopped believing God cared. There might be a God, Clary, and there might not, but I don't think it matters. Either way we're on our own.

Cassandra Clare

Every face, every shop, bedroom window, public-house, and dark square is a picture feverishly turned--in search of what? It is the same with books. What do we seek through millions of pages?

Virginia Woolf

There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

The beginning of anxiety is the end of faith, and the beginning of true faith is the end of anxiety.

George E. Mueller

When the first-rate author wants an exquisite heroine or a lovely morning, he finds that all the superlatives have been worn shoddy by his inferiors. It should be a rule that bad writers must start with plain heroines and ordinary mornings, and, if they are able, work up to something better.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Beauty is whatever gives joy.

Edna St. Vincent Millay

I feel that the greatest reward for doing is the opportunity to do more.

Jonas Salk

Credit buying is much like being drunk. The buzz happens immediately, and it gives you a lift. The hangover comes the day after.

Joyce Brothers

If we do not get No Child Left Behind right for Limited English Proficient students, the law will be a failure for most schools in the 15th Congressional District, and for many across the nation.

Ruben Hinojosa

Nothing is so exhausting as indecision, and nothing is so futile.

Bertrand Russell