The theoretical broadening which comes from having many humanities subjects on the campus is offset by the general dopiness of the people who study these things… Richard Feynman
One of the serious obstacles to the improvement of our race is …
One of the serious obstacles to the improvement of our race is indiscriminate charity. Andrew Carnegie
US Industrialist and philanthropist 1835-1919
An economist is the only professional who sees something working in practice …
An economist is the only professional who sees something working in practice and then seriously wonders if it works in theory. Ronald Reagan
It is not sufficient to defend democracy and the rule of law …
It is not sufficient to defend democracy and the rule of law through words alone. It must be by deeds as well. Martin Lee
political activist in Hong Kong, as reported on CNN, October 2, 1996
Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground. …
Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.
Theodore Roosevelt
(26th President of the United States, 1858-1919)
Hence it is that all armed prophets have conquered, and the unarmed …
Hence it is that all armed prophets have conquered, and the unarmed ones have been destroyed. Nicolo Machiavelli
The Prince, written in 1505, published in 1515.
Emotions neither prove nor disprove facts. There was a time when any …
Emotions neither prove nor disprove facts. There was a time when any rational adult understood this. But years of dumbed-down education and emphasis on how people ‘feel’ have left too many people unable to see through this media gimmick. Thomas Sowell
October 12, 2004
The wide world is all about you: you can fence yourselves in, …
The wide world is all about you: you can fence yourselves in, but you cannot for ever fence it out. J.R.R. Tolkien
The Fellowship of the Ring, J.R.R. Tolkien
Get the government out of the protective business, the subsidy business, the …
Get the government out of the protective business, the subsidy business, the improvement business and the development business. E.L. Godkin
John G. Sproat, The Best Men: Liberal Reformers in the Gilded Age (1968). [‘Liberal’ as in classical liberal.]
As the dreadful Clinton experiment has shown, improvisation without a governing philosophy …
As the dreadful Clinton experiment has shown, improvisation without a governing philosophy to hold it in check can easily degenerate into a shiftless, poll-driven opportunism. David Marquand
former moderate Labor Member of Parliament and currently principal of Mansfield College, Oxford, in the New York Times. Reported May 19, 1997 in Forbes.