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Grace Murray Hopper: Some day, on...

Grace Murray Hopper: Some day, on...

Some day, on the corporate balance sheet, there will be an entry which reads, Information; for in most cases, the...

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Grace Murray Hopper: If it's a...

Grace Murray Hopper: If it's a...

If it's a good idea . . . go ahead and do it. It is much easier to apologize than it is to get...

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Pearl Buck: Every great mistake...

Pearl Buck: Every great mistake...

Every great mistake has a halfway moment, a split second when it can be recalled and perhaps...

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Pliny the Elder: True glory consists...

Pliny the Elder: True glory consists...

True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written; in writing what deserves to be read; and in so living as to...

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John Lubbock: Reading and writing,...

John Lubbock: Reading and writing,...

Reading and writing, arithmetic and grammar do not constitute education, any more than a knife, fork and spoon...

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Louis Agassiz: Facts are stupid...

Louis Agassiz: Facts are stupid...

Facts are stupid until brought into connection with some general law.

Source: In...

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David Hume: Beauty in things...

David Hume: Beauty in things...

Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them.

Source: Essays, 'Of...

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David Hume: Where ambition can...

David Hume: Where ambition can...

Where ambition can cover its enterprises, even to the person himself, under the appearance of principle, it is the...

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Desiderius Erasmus: A good portion...

Desiderius Erasmus: A good portion...

A good portion of speaking will consist in knowing how to lie.

Source: In The...

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Alexis de Tocqueville: The greatness of...

Alexis de Tocqueville: The greatness of...

The greatness of America lies not in being more enlightened than any other nation, but rather in her ability to repair...

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Potter Stewart: Newspapers, television networks,...

Potter Stewart: Newspapers, television networks,...

Newspapers, television networks, and magazines have sometimes been outrageously abusive, untruthful, arrogant, and...

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William O Douglas: The association promotes...

William O Douglas: The association promotes...

The association promotes a way of life, not causes; a harmony in living, not political faiths; a bilateral loyalty,...

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William O Douglas: The search for...

William O Douglas: The search for...

The search for static security -- in the law and elsewhere -- is misguided. The fact is security can only be achieved...

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Christa McAuliffe: I touch the...

Christa McAuliffe: I touch the...

I touch the future. I teach.

Source: Speech, Aug 1985; in Time, 10 Feb 1986.
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Mary Ritter Beard: In their quest...

Mary Ritter Beard: In their quest...

In their quest for rights they [women] have naturally placed emphasis on their wrongs, rather than their achievements...

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Learned Hand: There is no...

Learned Hand: There is no...

There is no surer way to misread any document than to read it literally.

Source:...

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Byron R White: We're the only...

Byron R White: We're the only...

We're the only branch of government that explains itself in writing every time it makes a...

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Louis Nizer: Some people will...

Louis Nizer: Some people will...

Some people will believe anything if you whisper it to them.

Source: In Webster's...

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Louis Nizer: I know of...

Louis Nizer: I know of...

I know of no higher fortitude than stubbornness in the face of overwhelming odds.

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Orison Swett Marden: It is just...

Orison Swett Marden: It is just...

It is just the little difference between the good and the best that makes the difference between the artist and the...

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