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Never memorize something that you can look up.

— Albert Einstein, Theoretical Physicist

Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon.

— E.M. Forster, English Novelist

People who are more rational don’t perceive emotion less, they just regulate it better.

— Jonah Lehrer, American Novelist

Writing my own novels in the ’90s…I never imagined that in ten years, science and rationality would require explanation and defense in a world rocked and ruled by religious fervor.

— Mary Doria Russell, American Novelist

I mean, you could claim that anything’s real if the only basis for believing in it is that nobody’s proved it doesn’t exist!

— J.K.Rowling, Author

That rifle on the wall of the labourer’s cottage or working class flat is the symbol of democracy. It is our job to see that it stays there.

— George Orwell, English Novelist

In a rational society we would want our presidents to be teachers. – In our actual society we insist they be cheerleaders.

— Steve Allen, Actor

He who opens a school door, closes a prison.

— Victor Hugo, French Poet

Nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.

— Oscar Wilde, Irish Poet and Playwright

If voting made any difference they wouldn’t let us do it.

— Mark Twain, American Writer
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