Quote by Philip Plait on Progress and Space Exploration
“The difference between the dinosaurs and us is that we have a space program and we can vote…”
Philip Plait
Author Archive for: Jan
Entries by Jan
Quote by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry on Self-Respect and Dignity
“I have no right, by anything I do or say, to demean a human being in his own eyes. What matters is not what I think of him; it is what he thinks of himself. To undermine a man’s self-respect is a sin.”
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Quote by Voltaire on Inequality and Dependence
“It is not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence.”
Voltaire
Quote by Voltaire on Patience, Courage, and Faith in Life
“Give me the patience for the small things of life, courage for the great trials of life. Help me to do my best each day and then go to sleep knowing God is awake.”
Voltaire
Serenity in Difficulties – Quote by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
“It is always in the midst, in the epicenter, of your troubles that you find serenity.”
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Quote by Albert Jay Nock on Prince von Bismarck and Diplomacy
“Like Prince von Bismarck in diplomacy, I have no secrets.”
Albert Jay Nock
Albert Jay Nock Quote on Science and Society
“The business of a scientific school is the dissemination of useful knowledge, and this is a noble enterprise and indispensable withal; society can not exist unless it goes on.”
Albert Jay Nock
Quote by Samuel Adams about Good Beer
“Let no man thirst for good beer.”
Samuel Adams
Quote by Samuel Adams on Rebellion Against Kings and Republics
“Rebellion against a king may be pardoned, or lightly punished, but the man who dares to rebel against the laws of a republic ought to suffer death.”
Samuel Adams
Quote by Samuel Adams on the Danger of Uncontrolled Standing Armies
“It is always dangerous to the liberties of the people to have an army stationed among them, over which they have no control … The Militia is composed of free Citizens. There is therefore no danger of their making use of their Power to the destruction of their own Rights, or suffering others to invade them.”
Samuel Adams