Not so the scientist. The very essence of his life is the service of truth.

If we were to select the most intelligent, imaginative, energetic, and emotionally stable third of mankind, all races would be present.

The behavior of an individual is determined not by his racial affiliation, but by the character of his ancestry and his cultural environment.

The existence of any pure race with special endowments is a myth, as is the belief that there are races all of whose members are foredoomed to eternal inferiority.

The disease of mutual distrust among nations is the bane of modern civilization

The passion for seeking the truth for truth's sake can be kept alive only if we continue to seek the truth for truth's sake.

No one has ever proved that a human being, through his descent from a certain group of people, must of necessity have certain mental characteristics.

There is no fundamental difference in the ways of thinking of primitive and civilized man. A close connection between race and personality has never been established.

The historical development of the work of anthropologists seems to single out clearly a domain of knowledge that heretofore has not been treated by any other science

I object to teaching of slogans intended to befog the mind, of whatever kind they may be

My father had retained an emotional affection for the ceremonial of his parental home, without allowing it to influence his intellectual freedom

If you truly desire to be great, you must understand time management.

The South is very beautiful but its beauty makes one sad because the lives that people live here, and have lived here, are so ugly.

The hero surviving his own murder, his own suicide, his own addiction, surviving his own disappearance from the scene

Choice is a determinant in personal development ... by my free acts I am making myself.

We actors can't take the credit. We love to try to claim the credit.

Art is not a treasure in the past or an importation from another land, but part of the present life of all living and creating peoples.

Some of the players are known as scorers or assists. I guess what I am known as being is an ironwoman.

All art is failure. How one fails is a different matter.

We live by our imagination, our admirations, and our sentiments.

I envy the people who say, 'oh, well, I've got my name in the golden book and I'm going to be entered into the pearly gates.'