Palaven Quotes & Sayings

By the time I was 12 or 13, I felt that I was special, because I could play the guitar and write songs. — Paul Simon

I think that an actor is more likely to be forgiven in the public's eye than an actress. — Mila Kunis

Perhaps we see equations as simple because they are easily expressed in terms of mathematical notation already invented at an earlier stage of development of the science, and thus what appears to us as elegance of description really reflects the interconnectedness of Nature's laws at different levels. — Murray Gell-Mann

Our political concepts, according to which we have to assume responsibility for all public affairs within our reach regardless of personal "guilt", because we are held responsible as citizens for everything that our government does in the name of the country, may lead us into an intolerable situation of global responsibility. The solidarity of mankind may well turn out to be an unbearable burden, and it is not surprising that the common reactions to it are political apathy, isolationist nationalism, or desperate rebellion against all powers that be rather than enthusiasm or a desire for a revival of humanism. — Hannah Arendt

My wife's family lives up in South Carolina, so we go back and forth quite a bit up there. — Jon Lester