Quotes on Memorable

What is right is not always the same as what is legal

I'm still working for the government.

The definition of a security state is one that prioritizes security over all other considerations.

Everyone has these two visions when they hold their child for the first time. The first is your child as an adult saying "I want to thank the Nobel Committee for this award." The other is "You want fries with that?".

If we go to work at 8 a.m. and go home at 5 p.m., this is not a high-tech company and Alibaba will never be successful. If we have that kind of 8-5 spirit, then we should just go and do something else.

I choose to listen to the river for a while, thinking river thoughts, before joining the night and the stars.

I very rarely think in words at all. A thought comes, and I may try to express in words afterwards.

The only way to escape the corruptible effect of praise is to go on working.

...behind all the discernible laws and connections, there remains something subtle, intangible and inexplicable.

I do not like to state an opinion on a matter unless I know the precise facts.

In one's youth every person and every event appear to be unique. With age one becomes much more aware that similar events recur. Later on, one is less often delighted or surprised, but also less disappointed than in earlier years.

Belief in an external world independent of the perceiving subject is the basis of all natural science.

With fame I become more and more stupid, which of course is a very common phenomenon.

It is true that the grasping of truth is not possible without empirical basis. However, the deeper we penetrate and the more extensive and embracing our theories become the less empirical knowledge is needed to determine those theories.

But nature did not deem it her business to make the discovery of her laws easy for us.

I have remained a simple fellow who asks nothing of the world; only my youth is gone - the enchanting youth that forever walks on air.

I am also convinced that one gains the purest joy from spirited things only when they are not tied in with earning one's livelihood.

What can the schools do to defend democracy? Should they preach a specific political doctrine? I believe they should not. If they are able to teach young people to have a critical mind and a socially oriented attitude, they will have done all that is necessary.

Why were so many Americans treated by their government as though their lives were as disposable as facial tissues? Because that was the way authors customarily treated bit-part players in their made-up tales.

I have not eaten enough of the tree of knowledge, though in my profession I am obligated to feed on it regularly.

A man must learn to understand the motives of human beings, their illusions, and their sufferings.