Sophomore Class Of 2017 Quotes & Sayings

Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist. — Francis Pharcellus Church

I myself have been particularly careful never to say a civil word to the United States. I have scoffed at their inhabitants as a nation of villagers. I have defined the 100 % American as 99 % an idiot. And they adore me. — George Bernard Shaw

Among the many short cuts to science, we badly need someone to teach us the art of learning with difficulty. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Susan Bordo's Unbearable Weight is a masterpiece of complex an nuanced thinking not only about a significant problem that faces women but about our culture. A very valuable book. — Susan Griffin

The most important and necessary human deed, for both doer and recipient, are those of which he does not see the results. — Leo Tolstoy

Yesterday was Chinese New Year. It's the Year of the Rabbit. And here's how dumb I am. I'm still writing the Year of the Pig on my checks. — David Letterman

It does not seem ever to have been satisfactorily answered why the two first operational atomic bombs were used - against the strongly voiced wishes of the leading physicists responsible for developing them - to destroy two cities instead of being deployed in the equivalent of spectacularly shooting out candles. — Richard Dawkins

My parents are both scientists, and I was raised without god. — Sheila Heti

Don't try to control what's outside. Be at peace with what's inside. — Judith Orloff