Does Quotes

The public! the public! how many fools does it require to make the public?

A science which does not bring us nearer to God is worthless.

Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children.

You may be always victorious if you will never enter into any contest where the issue does not wholly depend upon yourself.

God does not die on the day when we cease to believe in a personal deity, but we die on the day when our lives cease to be illumined by the steady radiance, renewed daily, of a wonder, the source of which is beyond all reason.

Any man who does not have his inner world to translate is not an artist.

Well I look for an accompanist that does his work well, this to begin.

I find it very hard not to be myself and maybe that does attract attention, but I'd be miserable if I wasn't.

Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is a war; love is a growing up.

All things will be clear and distinct to the man who does not hurry; haste is blind and improvident.

Be careful that what you write does not offend anybody or cause problems within the company. The safest approach is to remove all useful information.

Malt does more than Milton can to justify God's ways to man.

Science is global. Einstein's equation, E=mc2, has to reach everywhere. Science is a beautiful gift to humanity, we should not distort it. Science does not differentiate between multiple races.

No; we have been as usual asking the wrong question. It does not matter a hoot what the mockingbird on the chimney is singing. The real and proper question is: Why is it beautiful?

Ambition, if it feeds at all, does so on the ambition of others.

If a dog jumps into your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing, it is because your lap is warmer.

Success in almost any field depends more on energy and drive than it does on intelligence. This explains why we have so many stupid leaders.

Animals do not admire each other. A horse does not admire its companion.

Thought once awakened does not again slumber; unfolds itself into a System of Thought; grows, in man after man, generation after generation, - till its full stature is reached, and such System of Thought can grow no farther, but must give place to another.

Great grief does not of itself put an end to itself.

I don't know if I miss it per se, but I do miss the fact that there just doesn't seem to be any rock 'n' roll out there anyplace. Everything does seem kind of tame. It's even hard in Manhattan to go out and find a good band to go see.

But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright Brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.

It's going to take generations of gay people marrying before these things start to feel natural. We haven't had it long enough to remake it as our own, so it does feel like you're getting dressed up in straight drag to do it.

Heathenism is a state of mind. You can take it that I'm referring to one who does not see his world. He has no mental light. He destroys almost unwittingly. He cannot feel any Gods presence in his life. He is the 21st century man.

Sympathy is charming, but it does not make up for pain.

Understanding does not cure evil, but it is a definite help, inasmuch as one can cope with a comprehensible darkness.

I began revolution with 82 men. If I had to do it again, I do it with 10 or 15 and absolute faith. It does not matter how small you are if you have faith and plan of action.

I'm not in control of my muse. My muse does all the work.

You will find that the State is the kind of organization which, though it does big things badly, does small things badly, too.

One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.