It has become almost a cliche to remark that nobody boasts of ignorance of literature, but it is socially acceptable to boast ignorance of science and proudly claim incompetence in mathematics. ~Richard Dawkins
#quotes #richard-dawkins #science #knowledge #ignorance

Faith itself cannot accomplish anything, yet without faith, no one can fly. ~Charles R. Swindoll
#quotes #charles-r-swindoll #faith

Waylon Jennings and I had a lot of fun recording together. ~Willie Nelson
#quotes #willie-nelson #waylon-jennings #music

My only scheme was to be a rapper. ~Eminem
#quotes #eminem #music #fate

I associate going to an airport with work because I travel so much with my job. So when I have a few days free from work, I tend to stay at home. ~Evelyn Glennie
#quotes #evelyn-glennie #travel #home

Build into each budget the cost of hiring and don't lump yourself with capital investment. ~Ann Macbeth
#quotes #ann-macbeth #investment #human-resource

Ethanol is a premier, high performance fuel. It has tremendous environmental benefits and is a key component to energy independence for our country. ~Richard Lugar
#quotes #richard-lugar #energy

I don't think that I could ever be a strict dad. I never grew up with anybody strict in my life. I'm not saying I'm a role model by any means or anything. I think the fact that I wasn't told what not to do all the time - my spirit kind of told me things that I shouldn't. I got to develop on my own. It's part of your common sense. ~Randy Houser
#quotes #randy-houser #parenting

I feel very strongly that the Democratic Party has, in the past, been the party of the future. I think when you look at Social Security and Medicare, when you look at the civil rights movement, the women's movement, I think the Democratic Party has always been in the forefront of change. ~Richard Lamm
#quotes #richard-lamm #democrat #politics

He who has nothing to die for has nothing to live for. ~Moroccan Proverb
#proverbs #moroccan-proverbs #life

Now that our media companies and it appears are policies are traded for cash, what is there to check the continuing consolidation of power and diminishing of democracy? ~Joichi Ito
#quotes #joichi-ito #democracy #media

The mind of the polyglot is a very particular thing, and scientists are only beginning to look closely at how acquiring a second language influences learning, behavior and the very structure of the brain itself. ~Jeffrey Kluger
#quotes #jeffrey-kluger #language

Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another time. ~Chinese Proverb
#proverbs #chinese-proverbs #children #teaching

I am "too fiery," yet I wish to be seen as I am and I would lose all rather than soften away anything. ~Margaret Fuller
#quotes #margaret-fuller #heart #wish

Faith, culture, structure and guidance are good things. ~Bethenny Frankel
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The morning after my high-school graduation found me up early job hunting. The dream of college I put on the back burner. ~Martha Reeves
#quotes #martha-reeves

Do not look for evil. Look for the goodness of God all around you. As you look for signs of His presence, many more opportunities will occur for you to bless people and share God's true nature. ~Graham Cooke
#quotes #graham-cooke #god #evil

Everything is prospective, and man is to live hereafter. That the world is for his education is the only sane solution of the enigma. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
#quotes #ralph-waldo-emerson #human #world #education

Everything is chance, or nothing is chance. If I believed the first, I would be unable to live on, but I am not yet fully convinced of the second. ~Etty Hillesum
#quotes #etty-hillesum #chance

I don't ever want anything to come in the way of me truthfully telling a story. ~Ian Somerhalder
#quotes #ian-somerhalder #stories #truth

As no roads are so rough as those that have just been mended, so no sinners are so intolerant as those that have just turned saints. ~Charles Caleb
#quotes #charles-caleb-colton #saints #hypocrisy

We had been busy building up fibre infrastructure under the ground in Hong Kong and underneath the homes of people, so when we launched IPTV, it was relatively smoother sailing than in other territories. ~Richard Li
#quotes #richard-li

Remember the street car cannot turn out. ~Charles Melville Hays
#quotes #charles-melville-hays #cars

I've seen looting around the world and thought I knew the best looters in the world. The Iraqis excel at that. ~David Kay
#quotes #david-kay #iraq

He who cannot howl will not find his pack. ~Charles Simic
#quotes #charles-simic #motivation