Berkman Syme Quotes & Sayings

Cure the evils of Democracy by the evils of Fascism! Funny therapeutics! I've heard of their curing syphilis by giving the patient malaria, but I've never heard of their curing malaria by giving the patient syphilis. — Sinclair Lewis

Have you seen the Olympic uniforms? It's for the American Olympic team and it's berets. To me, nothing says America like a guy in a beret. Look at our founding fathers, they all wore berets. — David Letterman

In short, the fragilista (medical, economic, social planning) is one who makes you engage in policies and actions, all artificial, in which the benefits are small and visible, and the side effects potentially severe and invisible. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb

What was the apostrophe doing there? Did the doctor own the Meescham? And what was it with exclamation marks? Did people not know what they were for? Surprise, anger, joy - that's what exclamation marks were for. They had nothing to do with who resided where. — Kate DiCamillo

Necessity is not an established fact, but an interpretation. — Friedrich Nietzsche

Norstrom always used to say that I had two
different brains working alternatively in my head:
the well developed brain of a fool and the un-
developed brain of a sort of genius. — Axel Munthe

Schools work. The only problem with school, for the kids who aren't achieving, is that there isn't enough of it. — Malcolm Gladwell

I doubt if ever one ceases to love, but one can cease to be in love as easily as one can outgrow an author one admired as a boy. — Graham Greene

The very concept of law that protects us from tyranny has been lost. No longer the people's shield, law has become a weapon in the hands of government. — Paul Craig Roberts

Even rocket science ain't rocket science nowadays. Not compared to negotiating a relationship anyway. Now why don't they teach you the equations for THAT at college eh? "Oh, just close your eyes, and aim in the general direction. If you get into trouble just press this button which will lower a bottle of The Macallan into your hand and eject your brain clean out of your skull. You'll parachute safely back to earth and definitely will not end up in a screaming mass of smoking hot twisted metal on a hillside somewhere. — Andre The BFG

I have no doubt that ignorance is the biggest obstacle facing the church of the lord Jesus Christ in this age — Sunday Adelaja

If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. - Maya Angelou — Aleatha Romig