Frostine Benjamin Quotes & Sayings

The essence of modernity is that progress no longer waits on genius; instead we have learned to put our faith in the organized efforts of ordinary men. Science is as old as the race, but the effective organization of science is new. Ancient science, like placer mining, was a pursuit of solitary prospectors. Nuggets of truth were found, but the total wealth of knowledge increased slowly. Modern man began to transform this world when he began to mine the hidden veins of knowledge systematically. — William Wickenden

Not only did I win the fight, but I won something that's more than a fight could ever give me and that is gaining back a family. — Nonito Donaire

I am a wild and crazy guy! — Steve Martin

People have no idea of the things that don't happen to them - the lives they're not living, the deaths stalking them - and thank Christ for that. Hard enough to get through each day without glimpsing all the hovering possibilities, like insects thickening the air. — Emma Donoghue

I am often asked the question How can the masses permit themselves to be exploited by the few. The answer is By being persuaded to identify with them. — E.L. Doctorow

The messages must be stuck somewhere in the tube of light underneath the ocean that connects London and New York. — Olivia Sudjic