The Doctrine of Evolution states the fact that the present is the child of the past and the parent of the future.

The most powerful factors in the world are clear ideas in the minds of energetic men of good will.

The man who has grit enough to bring about the afforestation or the irrigation of a country is not less worthy of honor than its conqueror.

The chief end of science is to make things clear, the educative aim is to foster the inquisitive spirit.

Was it not the great philosopher and mathematician Leibnitz who said that the more knowledge advances the more it becomes possible to condense it into little books?

A prolonged war in which a nation takes part is bound to impoverish the breed, since the character of the breed depends on the men who are left.

There is no counting the unsolved problems of Natural History.

To waste time is to lose life

Whatever it means to be a friend, taking a black eye for someone has to be in it.

...but the power of spilled blood overwhelmed the good intentions of those who wanted to end the violence.

A religious woman is a slave that advocates the slavery.

I know these dirty cops that'll get us in if we murder some Wop.

It was when I was the age where you can, as they say, "hear voices" without worrying that something is wrong with you. I "heard voices" all the time as a small child.

I would never write, ever. I might as well exile myself.

There are not many good roles for women.

Smart, sustainable, inclusive growth is the key to job-creation and the future prosperity of Europe.

That's the job of a free press is to hold the lamp up, to investigate, to hold accountable. And denying access, as Sean Spicer did , is the first step toward a dictatorship.