Whereas in art nothing worth doing can be done without genius, in science even a very moderate capacity can contribute to a supreme achievement.

We all have our pet things that we like to get religious about.

Max Cannon

Diplomats make it their business to conceal the facts.

Margaret Sanger

The more a person learns how to use the forces of nature for his own purposes, by means of perfecting the sciences and the invention and improvement of machines, the more he will produce.

Friedrich List

Those writers who lay on the watch for novelty, could have little hope of greatness; for great things cannot have escaped former observation.

Samuel Johnson

Those who have no power to judge of past times but by their own, should always doubt their conclusions

Samuel Johnson

I don't know why I don't watch a lot of movies I can barely keep up with the things my friends are in. There isn't enough time in life.

Meryl Streep

Notice, when looking at quotes of each person - you'll never agree with every single quote of anybody's. We all have a different view of reality, of what is meaningful. This is why we can never argue, or there would be no man left alive - we have to agree to disagree, and just get on with it maybe laugh a little too. It's wonderful really - delightful - the infinte variety of wisdom and beauty! Let's accept it gladly

Jay Woodman

The things that people do now in sports, you can't even believe. These are complete total athletes. To see what human beings can do in the highest level is amazing.

Billie Joe Armstrong

I have two very rare photographs. One is a picture of Houdini locking his keys in his car. The other is a rare photograph of Norman Rockwell beating up a child.

Steven Wright

Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own.

Bertrand Russell

Curiosity is lying in wait for every secret.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

I have my family, my children - I have a lot of outside activities.

Carlos Ghosn