Macgruder Loud Quotes & Sayings

Do not be afraid to skip equations (I do this frequently myself). — Roger Penrose

They ordered punch. They drank it. It was hot rum punch. The pen falters when it attempts to treat of the excellence thereof; the sober vocabulary, the sparse epithet of this narrative, are inadequate to the task; and pompous term, jewelled, exotic phrases rise to the excited fancy. It warmed the blood and cleared the head; it filled the soul with well-being; it disposed the mind at once to utter wit, and to appreciate the wit of others; it had the vagueness of music and the precision of mathematics. Only one of its qualities was comparable to anything else; it had the warmth of a good heart; but its taste, its smell, its feel, were not to be described in words. — W. Somerset Maugham

My effort should never be to undermine another's faith but to make him a better follower of his own faith. — Mahatma Gandhi

If you plan to win as I do, the game never ends. — Stan Mikita

I believe in you. I believe that you are the people that will make the difference. I believe that we cannot conquer darkness with darkness. We cannot conquer evil with evil, we must fight darkness with light. We must not tear down, but buildup. — Glenn Beck

When we talk about 'reproductive rights' this is what we mean. It's the difference between people as objects, and people as agents: between regarding people as pawns on the policy chessboard and recognizing them as the players, the decision-makers, the drivers of policy; autonomous individuals intimately concerned with the direction of their own lives. Under these conditions women, especially, enjoy better health and live fuller lives. — Nafis Sadik

I always have this image of a woman running across a desert carrying children, trying to find water and food, not knowing when they'll get that. And her feet are slashed up from the dry, hard earth ... Even when I'm uncomfortable, sometimes in pain, or just cold ... I think, 'Thank God for what I've got.' — Sue Townsend

He experiences a connection where knowledge does not interfere with wonder. — Sherry Turkle

I really like when people do 'stream of consciousness' tweeting, or when people's tweets come across as sort of manic and mostly unedited. — Mira Gonzalez

Self-complacency is the companion of ignorance. — Solomon Schechter

It's definitely more fun playing a bad guy. It feels a lot better than playing one of the good guys. — Tom Felton

Life in a Chinese village is much more organised because the Chinese Communist Party has a presence even in the remotest Chinese village - a presence of the kind that no governmental or non-governmental organisation has in Indian villages. — Pankaj Mishra

I'm the only nerd with a piece of paper, — Patricia Arquette