Famous Quotes & Sayings

Neil deGrasse Tyson

Knowledge of the natural world and how it works should be counted as fundamental to informed governance. You can't have a functioning democracy, if the electorate is under-informed or, worse, mis-informed.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Democracies can't handle austerity measures very well.

Arthur Schopenhauer

If there is anything in the world that can really be called a mans property, it is surely that which is the result of his mental activity.

Alvin Lee

I'd love to change the world, but I don't know what to do

Ally Condie

The beauty of dystopia is that it lets us vicariously experience future worlds - but we still have the power to change our own.

Anthony de Mello

A disciple, in his reverence for the Master, looked upon him as God incarnate. "Tell me, O Master," he said, "why you have come into this world." "To teach fools like you to stop wasting their time worshiping Masters.

Anna Lindh

The world is richer than ever, and the gaps between rich and poor are wider.

Angela Lansbury

It was an extraordinary experience to have backup singers like the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. I have never experienced anything quite like it before and I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world.

Angela Davis

You have to act as if it were possible to radically transform the world. And you have to do it all the time.

Anne Roiphe

I feel that the world needs writers. We need to know what's really going on.

Anne Sexton

All in all, I'd say, the world is strangling.

To me, clowns aren't funny. In fact, they're kind of scary. I've wondered where this started and I think it goes back to the time I went to the circus, and a clown killed my dad.

You know what would make a good story? Something about a clown who make people happy, but inside he's real sad. Also, he has severe diarrhea.