Kecemerlangan Akademik Quotes & Sayings

Those that would attain wisdom,
prefer the empty stadium.
Those who wish to appear wise,
prefer it full. — Tom Althouse

In the day after humans disappear, nature takes over and immediately begins cleaning house - our houses. — Alan Weisman

I spell 'god' with a small 'g' because I do not believe in him, but I love to swear by him. — Anais Nin

This is a technology where without external input, you create a chemistry of blissfulness within you. — Jaggi Vasudev

I will never again stand on the pitch as a professional player. But I won't stop playing the game. — Hidetoshi Nakata

I don't care what other critics say, I only hope to be played. — Virgil Thomson

Since President Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act in 1963, the gap between men and women's earnings has narrowed by less than a half-cent per year. At this rate, American women will have to wait until 2062 to bring home the same salary as their male counterparts. — Jackie Speier

Let me digress a moment to talk about beginnings. How much simpler life would be if we were wise enough to stop at the first blush of romance, the start of a business transaction or a casual friendship. If we knew enough to pause and think: this is as good as it gets. Everything will go downhill from this moment on. So once again our instincts are the opposite of what they should be, propelling us forward exactly when they should be holding us back. — Francine Prose

The injurious agent in cigarettes comes principally from the burning paper wrapper. The substance thereby formed is called "acrolein." It has a violent action on the nerve centers, producing degeneration of the cells of the brain, which is quite rapid among boys. Unlike most narcotics, this degeneration is permanent and uncontrollable. I employ no person who smokes cigarettes. — Thomas A. Edison

We as Americans and as humans have very selective hearing and very selective memory. We only hear what we want to hear and disregard the rest. — Frank Luntz

These artists pay little attention to an encircling present that bears no direct relation to the world of work in which they live, and they therefore see in it nothing more than an indifferent framework for life, either more or less favorable to production. — Thomas Mann

The image I'd had of myself as a child was someone I'd never be, and it was only recently that I realized it was okay to be who I was. - Cat — Jeaniene Frost

I can now see that our needs meshed perfectly: my need to be swept away by a man, to be held securely and adored by a man, and his need to find the girl who would be pliable and receptive to his idea of a couple, who wouldn't question his unspoken authority. I don't mean he wanted a mouse - and he knew very well he wasn't getting one. — Betsy Blair

I loved school, I loved putting on my uniform and doing homework every day. I was one of those good students that the teachers liked. I guess that's got to be a pretty nerdy, geeky part of me. — Yvonne Strahovski