Bronfman Foundation Quotes & Sayings

Language and Knowledge have certain limitations; they can go only up to a certain point, for beyond that lies reality. — Gian Kumar

It was only toward the middle of the twentieth century that the inhabitants
of many European countries came, in general unpleasantly, to the
realization that their fate could be influenced directly by intricate and
abstruse books of philosophy. — Czeslaw Milosz

A single James creation is worth the whole output of a 7th Avenue year's work. — James Galanos

Many have argued that a vacuum does not exist, others claim it exists only with difficulty in spite of the repugnance of nature; I know of no one who claims it easily exists without any resistance from nature. — Evangelista Torricelli

Alexia seemed to recall hearing one matron complain that the Italians were very passionate in their support of balls. — Gail Carriger

No-knock police raids destroy Americans' right to privacy and safety. People's lives are being ruined or ended as a result of unsubstantiated assertions by anonymous government informants ... Unfortunately, no-knock raids are becoming more common as federal, state, and local politicians and law enforcement agencies decide that the war on drugs justified nullifying the Fourth Amendment ... No-knock raids in response to alleged narcotics violations presume that the government should have practically unlimited power to endanger some people's lives in order to control what others ingest. — James Bovard

The mysterious moment of death proves to be a moment of waking. How one longs to take it for one's self! — Sarah Orne Jewett