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- George Washington, as a boy, was ignorant of the commonest accomplishments of youth. He could not even lie.
- Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
- We never stop investigating. We are never satisfied that we know enough to get by. Every question we answer leads on to another question. This has become the greatest survival trick of our species.
- Desmond Morris
- Whenever two people meet, there are really six people present. There is each man as he sees himself, each man as the other person sees him, and each man as he really is.
- William James (1842 - 1910)
- We find it hard to believe that other people's thoughts as our own, but they probably are.
- James Harvey Robinson
- whoever saw old age that did not applaud the past and condemn the present?
- Michel de Montaigne (1533 - 1592)
- That's the great thing about being in the third grade. If you've got one polysyllabic adjective, everyone thinks you're a genius.
- John Green, Vlogbrothers, My Name Is John Green. And I am a Nerd., 10-30-07
- No computer has ever been designed that is ever aware of what it's doing; but most of the time, we aren't either.
- Marvin Minsky
- The first time I ever read the dictionary I thought it was a poem about everything.
- Steven Wright (1955 - ), stand-up
- One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words.
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
- [The body is] a marvelous machine...a chemical laboratory, a power-house. Every movement, voluntary or involuntary, full of secrets and marvels!
- Theodor Herzl (1860 - 1904)
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