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Jacob Bronowski: The hand is...

Jacob Bronowski: The hand is...

The hand is the cutting edge of the mind.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Learned Hand: Words are chameleons,...

Learned Hand: Words are chameleons,...

Words are chameleons, which reflect the color of their environment.

Source: In The...

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Alexander Cockburn: Be careful about...

Alexander Cockburn: Be careful about...

Be careful about Burma. Most people cannot remember whether it was Siam and has become Thailand, or whether it is now...

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Orison Swett Marden: But how shall...

Orison Swett Marden: But how shall...

But how shall I get ideas? Keep your wits open! Observe! Observe! Study! Study! But above all, Think! Think! And when...

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Ralph Ellison: Hibernation is a...

Ralph Ellison: Hibernation is a...

Hibernation is a covert preparation for a more overt action.

Source: The Invisible...

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Ariel Durant: Education is the...

Ariel Durant: Education is the...

Education is the transmission of civilization.

Source: In Peter's Quotations, by...

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J B S Haldane: If human beings...

J B S Haldane: If human beings...

If human beings could be propagated by cutting, like apple trees, aristocracy would be biologically...

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J B S Haldane: Shelley and Keats...

J B S Haldane: Shelley and Keats...

Shelley and Keats were the last English poets who were at all up to date in their chemical...

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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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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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Richard Francis Burton: Reason is life's...

Richard Francis Burton: Reason is life's...

Reason is life's sole arbiter.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic Reference...

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Thurgood Marshall: I have a...

Thurgood Marshall: I have a...

I have a lifetime appointment and I intend to serve it. I expect to die at 110, shot by a jealous...

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William O Douglas: Religious experiences which...

William O Douglas: Religious experiences which...

Religious experiences which are as real as life to some may be incomprehensible to others.

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Amos Bronson Alcott: We climb to...

Amos Bronson Alcott: We climb to...

We climb to heaven most often on the ruins of our cherished plans, finding our failures were...

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Marita Bonner: She did not...

Marita Bonner: She did not...

She did not talk to people as if they were strange hard shells she had to crack open to get inside. She talked as if...

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George S Patton: I don't measure...

George S Patton: I don't measure...

I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits...

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Chuck Yeager: Later, I realized...

Chuck Yeager: Later, I realized...

Later, I realized that the mission had to end in a let-down because the real barrier wasn't in the sky but in our...

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Norman Schwarzkopf: Leadership is a...

Norman Schwarzkopf: Leadership is a...

Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without 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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Margaret Atwood: . . ....

Margaret Atwood: . . ....

. . . time is compressed like the fist I close on my knee. . . . I hold inside it the clues and solutions and the...

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