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An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.

The intermediate stage between socialism and capitalism is alcoholism.

Never attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by stupidity.

It all meant nothing but 'Move a little farther. You are to near me.'

The Great Spirit, when He made earth, never intended that it should be made merchandise.

And the wind said May you be as strong as the oak, yet flexible as the birch may you stand as tall as the redwood, live gracefully as the willow and may you always bear fruit all your days on this earth.

May your life be like a wildflower, growing freely in the beauty and joy of each day.

A brave man dies but once, a coward many times.

The mountains, I become a part of it... The morning mists, the clouds, the gathering waters, I become a part of it.

Eventually, there will not be enough prisons if there are not enough good homes.

If you have a fallback plan, you will fall back.

Although we were sent into a failing world, we were not sent to fail.

That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.

It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth. I didn't feel like a giant. I felt very, very small.

I believe that every human has a finite number of heart-beats. I don't intend to waste any of mine running around doing exercises.

I hope you become confortable with the use of logic wihout being deceived into concluding that logic will inevitably lead you to the correct conclusion.

Praise will come to those whose kindness leaves you without debt.

Is the chemical aftertaste the reason why people eat hot dogs, or is it some kind of bonus?

It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes. But the half-wit remains a half-wit, and the emperor remains an emperor.

When he stood up, it was a very complicated motion. If the deck chairs on the Ship to the Sea of Night had opened up, they would have done so like that. It was like he was unfolding himself forever.

It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes. But the half-wit remains a half-wit, and the emperor remains an emperor.

For a smart material to be able to send out a more complex signal it needs to be nonlinear. If you hit a tuning fork twice as hard it will ring twice as loud but still at the same frequency. That's a linear response. If you hit a person twice as hard they're unlikely just to shout twice as loud. That property lets you learn more about the person than the tuning fork.

I would die for my country, but I could never let my country die for me.

If you choose not to decide -- you still have made a choice!

If you choose not to decide -- you still have made a choice

Luck is when preparation meets opportunity.

The whole problem with news on television comes down to this: all the words uttered in an hour of news coverage could be printed on page of a newspaper. And the world cannot be understood in one page.

Because he did not have time to read every new book in his field, the great Polish anthropologist Bronislaw Malinowski used a simple and efficient method of deciding which ones were worth his attention: Upon receiving a new book, he immediately checked the index to see if his name was cited, and how often. The more "Malinowski" the more compelling the book. No "Malinowski," and he doubted the subject of the book was anthropology at all.

I believe I am not mistaken in saying that Christianity is a demanding and serious religion. When it is delivered as easy and amusing, it is another kind of religion altogether.

Sudden money is going from zero to two hundred dollars a week. The rest doesn't count.

There are two million interesting people in New York and only seventy-eight in Los Angles.

Inside each and every one of us is a person that no one knows. A person, should you take the time to look,is waiting to be discovered, Wanting you to take notice. Take a few minutes every day and sit down to chat to this person. Who knows what you may learn

Some people just don't seem to realize, when they're moaning about not getting prayers answered, that no is the answer.

The next best thing to winning is losing At least you've been in the race.

Never play cards with a man called Doc. Never eat at a place called Mom's. Never sleep with a woman whose troubles are worse than your own.

The first and most important step toward success is the feeling that we can succeed.

The first and most important step toward success is the feeling that we can succeed.

The difference between greatness and mediocrity is often how an individual views a mistake...

The first and most important step toward success is the feeling that we can succeed.

I love such mirth as does not make friends ashamed to look upon one another next morning.

The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit.

Sometimes it falls upon a generation to be great. You can be that great generation.

Like slavery and apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of human beings.

If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.

There is nothing like returing to a place that remains uncganged to find how you yourself have altered.

Only free men can negotiate; prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom and mine cannot be separated.

I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.

A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.

For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.

We must use time wisely and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right.