It is right that we should stand by and act on our principles; but not right to hold them in obstinate blindness, or retain them when proved to be erroneous.
MICHAEL FARADAYThe most serious problems of freedom of expression in our society today exist on our campuses. The assumption seems to be that the purpose of education is to induce correct opinion rather than to search for wisdom and to liberate the mind….
More Benno C. Schmidt, Jr. Quotes
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I always want another actor to shine in my scene because it makes the film stronger. I would encourage people to scene steal, because filmmaking is a collaborative effort.
VIN DIESEL -
I’ve been taught that it will be such an extraordinary story if it ends with forgiveness.
A. DIMITRI -
I’d like to think that my scripts are more significant than maybe the Bible or the book that the Jews use, whatever it’s called. And that’s only when I’m having an off day.
ZACH BRAFF -
Honey, you are still young.
RHIANNON JOHANNA -
Make it a rule never to give a child a book you would not read yourself.
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW -
Life’s short. Make sure you are thriving.
NANSIA MOVIDI -
And this is one of the most crucial definitions for the whole of Christianity; that the opposite of sin is not virtue but faith.
SOREN KIERKEGAARD -
You don’t need to chase the ones that are meant for you.
ANAMIKA SINGH -
The rich have become richer, and the poor have become poorer; and the vessel of the state is driven between the Scylla and Charybdis of anarchy and despotism.
PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY -
Hitting the gym to release stress is not nearly as effective as hitting the people that cause the stress to begin with.
ALAN GARNER -
Meet me where happiness doesn’t feel like a false spring.
SCHUYLER -
Sweet for each other we licked the honeycombs dry of our love savoring every drop of its nectar as a gift from the heavens above.
MIA WILD -
In every truth, the opposite is equally true. For example, a truth can only be expressed and enveloped in words if it is onesided.
HERMANN HESSE -
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do.
DR. SEUSS -
Isn’t it strange how upset people get about a few dozen baseball players taking growth hormones, when we’re doing what we’re doing to our food animals and feeding them to our children?
JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER







