Since the Renaissance, people have had to get used to living their life on a random planet in the vast galaxy.

A state that does not educate and train women is like a man who only trains his right arm.

A hydrogen atom in a cell at the end of my nose was once part of an elephant's trunk. A carbon atom in my cardiac muscle was once in the tail of a dinosaur.

It's not a silly question if you can't answer it.

Wisest is she who knows she does not know.

Acting responsibly is not a matter of strengthening our reason but of deepening our feelings for the welfare of others.

People are, generally speaking, either dead certain or totally indifferent.

But understanding will always require some effort. You probably wouldn't admire a friend who was good at everything if it cost her no effort.

The rearing of children is considered too important to be left to the individual and should be the responsibility of the state.

When we sense something, it is due to the movement of atoms in space. When I see the moon it is because "moon atoms" penetrate my eye.

If an overgrown child draws something on a piece of paper, you can't ask the paper what the drawing is supposed to represent.

Your past is handing you a tool you can use to leap into your future: the crucible moments from your own life. The power you need is in looking back to look forward.

There are moments of frustration in life. You must build good relations to support you in these moments. You must also learn to encourage yourself and decide to stay determined in life.

that this is Russian-A flu, not the more dangerous Swine flu.

Celtic enjoys a greater community spirit than any other club in the world.

In the valley of the giants where the stars and stripes explode, the peaches they were sweet and the milk and honey flowed.

Basketball is sort of an interesting sport that, you know, the top player on your team makes so much more of an impact than the top player in any other sport.

Information networks straddle the world. Nothing remains concealed. But the sheer volume of information dissolves the information. We are unable to take it all in.

Life might just be an absurd, even crude, chain of events and nothing more.

Oscar and I have something in common. Oscar first came to Hollywood scene in 1928. So did I. We're both a little weather-beaten, but we're still here and plan to be around for a whole lot longer.

Some of us wake up. Others roll over.