Meditations On First Philosophy Quotes & Sayings

A fair bargain leaves both sides unhappy. — George R R Martin

Thinking very hard about the same problem for several hours can produce a severe fatigue, close to a breakdown. I never really experienced a breakdown, but have felt "strange inside" two or three times during my life. — Stanislaw Ulam

To remain ignorant of history is to remain forever a child — Marcus Tullius Cicero

On December 17, 1903, on a windy North Carolina beach for just shy of one hundred seconds, the Wright brothers demonstrated that a heavier-than-air, self-propelled vehicle could fly. The moment was electric and its importance widely understood. Almost immediately, there was an explosion of interest in this newfound technology of manned flight, and a gaggle of innovators began to build upon it. — Lawrence Lessig

Your weaknesses will never develop, while your strengths will develop infinitely. — Donald O. Clifton

They needed someone to hate, a tangible focus for their remorse and disappointment, and I'd been elected, the projection of their own inner hell. — Donald O'Donovan

Having the freedom to read and the freedom to choose is one of the best gifts my parents ever gave me. — Judy Blume

Children have real understanding only of that which they invent themselves, and each time that we try to teach them too quickly, we keep them from reinventing it themselves. — Jean Piaget