Nothing can be more certain than this: that we are just beginning to learn something of the wonders of the world on which we live and move and have our being.

The country which is in advance of the rest of the world in chemistry will also be foremost in wealth and in general prosperity.

Progress is made by trial and failure; the failures are generally a hundred times more numerous than the successes ; yet they are usually left unchronicled.

The noblest exercise of the mind within doors, and most befitting a person of quality, is study.

If Russia is prepared to run the risk of cutting off supplies to its neighbors if they have a disagreement, how reliable are they as a supplier? You have to ask the question.

Two people that have the same wants are two people that should be friends.

Scarcely have I ever heard or read the introductory phrase, "I may say without vanity," but some striking and characteristic instance of vanity has immediately followed.

In politics, merit is rewarded by the possessor being raised, like a target, to a position to be fired at.

My passion is to open people's eyes to the sea using the power of photography as a universal language to convince the unconvinced among us that the oceans are fragile and finite.

You have to be ready for hard work and frugal spending to get the idea off the ground.

There were some situations where I was giving up everything I had for the band and I just expected everybody else to feel the same way. I realized I was just kidding myself.

There should be balance in all our actions; to be either extreme or lukewarm is equally bad.

The only person who listens to both sides of an argument is the fellow in the next apartment.

There are a few players who don't like to think about the game.

Keith Ellison is the future of the Democratic Party, the future of the progressive movement.