A definition may be very exact, and yet go but a very little way towards informing us of the nature of the thing defined.

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.

Those who don't know history are destined to repeat it.

The hottest fires in hell are reserved for those who remain neutral in times of moral crisis.

Silence is golden but when it threatens your freedom it's yellow.

In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority.

It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare.

When you fear something, learn as much about it as you can. Knowledge conquers fear.

Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in true economy.

The Fate of good men who refuse to become involved in politics is to be ruled by evil men.

When my desiregrows too fierceI wear my bed clothesinside out, dark as the night’s rough husk.

The whole purpose of education is to turn green buds into beautiful flowers.

We have to realize only in communication, in real knowledge, in real reaching out, can there be an understanding that there's humanity everywhere, and that's what I'm trying to do.

Although everyone wants to change the teacher, it's time for the agents of educational reform to change themselves.

A friend of mine that I was in a band with started me on Kafka, which in turn led to Camus and Sartre.

Depiction can override truth the same way that memory can override experience.

At any age you can start over. You have to drop the idea of where you should be in your career. And you have to do without a lot of love. Not everyone's going to love you.

You hear a lot of horror stories about proposing and things going horribly wrong - it went really, really well and I was really pleased when she said yes.

Playing the game, and unfortunately, playing the gangster game is very profitable.

Im the mold that grunge was grown in.