Quotes

A university is what a college becomes when the faculty loses interest in students.
– John Ciardi, 1916-1986

“Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.”
– Marie Curie

Acting is the most minor of gifts and not a very high-class way to earn a living. After all, Shirley Temple could do it at the age of four.
– Katharine Hepburn

“When the government fears the People, that is Liberty. When the People fear the Government, that is tyranny”
– Thomas Jefferson

“In A Time of Universal Deceit, Telling the Truth is an Act of Rebellion.”
– George Orwell

“Money can’t buy happiness, but neither can poverty”
– Leo Rosten

“Science has made us gods, before we are even worthy of being men.”
– Jean Rostand

“Nobody means to be rude when then ask “where do you find the time?” or they say “you have too much time on your hands!”. I understand they mean “wow, that must have taken a long time”. I do find it strange that people can spend an entire weekend watching television (sports, dramas, reality shows) and nobody asks or says the same thing. It’s almost as if our culture has begun to look down on the concept of putting forth effort.”
-Dr Doug Frankenstein

“A censor is a man who knows more than he thinks you ought to.”
-Granville Hicks

“Nowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation”
– James Thurbur

“Without the right to resist, we have a duty to submit”

“Seek freedom and become captive of your desires, seek discipline and find your liberty.”
– Frank Herbert