"There are more men ennobled by study than by nature."
Marcus Tullius Cicero
"A teaspoon of honey is worth more to the bee than a barrel of gold."
Matshona Dhliwayo
"It is not systematic education which somehow molds society, but, on the contrary, society which, according to its particular structure, shapes education in relation to the ends and interests of those who control the power in that society."
Paulo Freire
"Clara Winter,' he said. 'You are a word person and don't ever forget it.'He was right. He knew. He could tell. It's something that can be sensed. There's a difference between word-people and non-word-people."
Alison McGhee
"When I look upon seamen, men of science and philosophers, man is the wisest of all beings; when I look upon priests and prophets nothing is as contemptible as man."
Diogenes
"People who start a sentence with personally (and they're always women) ought to be thrown to the lions. It's a repulsive habit."
Georgette Heyer
"Those who do not feel pain seldom think that it is felt."
Anonymous
"People kind of tend to mystify design and architecture by suggesting you need to train."
Marc Newson
"Tis my opinion every man cheats in his way and he is only honest who is not discovered."
Susannah Centlivre
"A religious woman is a slave that advocates the slavery."
M.F. Moonzajer
"Passion and prejudice govern the world only under the name of reason."
John Wesley
"Negative people feed off of your anger, let them starve."
Samantha M. King
"I could imagine it. I could remember it. But I couldn't see it again, and it occured to me that the voracious ambition of humans is never sated by dreams coming true, because there is always the thought that everything might be done better and again."
Anonymous
"The best rules to form a young man, are, to talk little, to hear much, to reflect alone upon what has passed in company, to distrust one's own opinions, and value others that deserve it."
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