Bret Stephens Quotes
Movements that hector and punish rather than educate and reform have a way of inviting derision and reaction.Bret Stephens
Quotes to Explore
-
Don't compete with me: firstly, I have more experience, and secondly, I have chosen the weapons.
Edsger Dijkstra -
Getting elected Governor of New Mexico, I really did enjoy that job. I thought I made a really big difference, and I think the same running for president of the United States - that I could make a really big, positive difference.
Gary Johnson -
There's something extremely bizarre about the way people consume media now.
Gaby Hoffmann -
My family runs a little art gallery back in Cornwall, so flashy cars and things like that have never really been particularly interesting to me.
Sam Palladio -
Straight people are everywhere!
Dan Savage -
Collectivism and freedom are mortal enemies. Only one will survive.
G. Edward Griffin
-
I have always loved animals and groomed friends' horses as a child. I think I may have even ridden the odd seaside donkey in my early years.
Victoria Pendleton -
Probably one of the most private things in the world is an egg until it is broken.
M. F. K. Fisher -
The work of Nigeria is not complete for as long as there is any one Nigerian who goes to bed on empty stomach.
Ibrahim Babangida -
Ruzzle's my therapy. When I get off the stage from a packed show and I'm exhausted, I'll just go Ruzzle for like a good 30 minutes.
Wale -
Although the general security situation for the Beijing Olympics remains stable, we still face the challenges of terrorism, separatism and extremism.
Zhou Yongkang -
In too many communities, too many young men of color are left behind and seen only as objects of fear. Through initiatives like My Brother's Keeper, I'm personally committed to changing both perception and reality.
Barack Obama
-
It is a fantastic initiative by the ministry to develop Aakash Tablet, a mobile device that can be utilised by students anywhere. It was successfully tried out. The second and third versions have come out and the fourth version is on the anvil.
Pallam Raju -
Every state that addresses climate change emboldens the others, just as shifting public attitudes embolden politicians and, arguably, the court system.
Ramez Naam -
Something dreadful happens to students between first and twelfth grades, and it's not just puberty.
Carl Sagan -
If the ignorance of nature gave birth to such a variety of gods, the knowledge of this nature is calculated to destroy them.
Baron d'Holbach -
I could give you no advice but this: to go into yourself and to explore the depths where your life wells forth.
Rainer Maria Rilke -
There must be no more pictures covered in brown sauce c. 1880, when Munch started to paint series of landscapes in fresh colors
Edvard Munch
-
When I go on stage man I just want people to have fun, I don't want people to think about their problems, I want people to get energy and nutrition and food from that so they can go back into the real world and work on their problems.
Jon Fishman -
When children attend schools that place a greater value on discipline and security than on knowledge and intellectual development, they are attending prep schools for prison.
Angela Davis -
The last thing I want to do is hurt the club's chances of winning. I'm used to playing the game a certain way and at a certain level. When I can no longer do that, I'll quit.
Chipper Jones -
I try to get out of an image's way in order to let it articulate what is hidden.
Richard Phillips -
Color is a matter of taste and of sensitivity.
Edouard Manet -
Movements that hector and punish rather than educate and reform have a way of inviting derision and reaction.
Bret Stephens