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Lewis Thomas: Sometimes you get...

Lewis Thomas: Sometimes you get...

Sometimes you get a glimpse of a semicolon coming, a few lines farther on, and it is like climbing a steep path...

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Rachel Carson: For the sense...

Rachel Carson: For the sense...

For the sense of smell, almost more than any other, has the power to recall memories and it is a pity that we use it...

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Ellen Swallow Richards: I am really...

Ellen Swallow Richards: I am really...

I am really astonished at the amount of work we do. The only trouble here, they wont [sic] let us study enough. I...

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An Wang: Markets change, tastes...

An Wang: Markets change, tastes...

Markets change, tastes change, so the companies and the individuals who choose to compete in those markets must...

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Davy Crockett: Remember that a...

Davy Crockett: Remember that a...

Remember that a government big enough to give you everything you want is also big enough to take away everything you...

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Thomas Edison: Keep on the...

Thomas Edison: Keep on the...

Keep on the lookout for novel ideas that others have used successfully. Your idea has to be original only in its...

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Isaac Newton: If I have...

Isaac Newton: If I have...

If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.

Source: Letter...

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Pythagoras: Above the cloud...

Pythagoras: Above the cloud...

Above the cloud with its shadow is the star with its light. Above all things reverence...

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Pythagoras: Rest satisfied with...

Pythagoras: Rest satisfied with...

Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they will.

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Edward Teller: No endeavor that...

Edward Teller: No endeavor that...

No endeavor that is worthwhile is simple in prospect; if it is right, it will be simple in...

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Peter Medawar: Today the world...

Peter Medawar: Today the world...

Today the world changes so quickly that in growing up we take leave not just of youth but of the world we were young...

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Desmond Morris: This unusual and...

Desmond Morris: This unusual and...

This unusual and highly successful species spends a great deal of time examining his higher motives and an equal...

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Frank Lloyd Wright: The truth is...

Frank Lloyd Wright: The truth is...

The truth is more important than the facts.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Paul Cezanne: We live in...

Paul Cezanne: We live in...

We live in a rainbow of chaos.

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

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Jeremy Bernstein: Television is just...

Jeremy Bernstein: Television is just...

Television is just the wrong medium, at least in prime time, to teach science. I think it is hopeless if it insists on...

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Marcus Aurelius Antoninus: Let it be...

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus: Let it be...

Let it be your constant method to look into the design of people's actions, and see what they would be at, as often as...

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Harold Macmillan: At home you...

Harold Macmillan: At home you...

At home you always have to be a politician. When you're abroad you almost feel yourself a...

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Aristotle Onassis: I have no...

Aristotle Onassis: I have no...

I have no friends and no enemies -- only competitors.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Peter Drucker: Everything must degenerate...

Peter Drucker: Everything must degenerate...

Everything must degenerate into work if anything is to happen.

Source: In The...

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Bertolt Brecht: The world of...

Bertolt Brecht: The world of...

The world of knowledge takes a crazy turn
When teachers themselves are taught to learn.


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