«    6 of 10    »

It is no small art to sleep: for that purpose you must keep awake all day.

— Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher

Man once surrendering his reason, has no remaining guard against absurdities the most monstrous, and like a ship without rudder, is the sport of every wind.

— Thomas Jefferson, Former US President

The test of a first rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.

— F. Scott Fitzgerald, American Writer

Nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.

— Oscar Wilde, Irish Poet and Playwright

The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking.

— Albert Einstein, Theoretical Physicist

You don’t play for revenge, you play for respect and pride.

— Rahul Dravid, Former Indian cricketer

I haven’t failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.

— Thomas Edison, American Inventor

The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living differ from the dead.

— Aristotle, Greek Philosopher

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

— E.M. Forster, English Novelist

The deepest sin against the human mind is to believe things without evidence.

— Thomas Hexley, English Biologist
«    6 of 10    »