The Quote Archives
A collection of inspirational and thought-provoking
quotes
This archive of quotes has been compiled by Ed Boraas and Gaul. Submissions are welcome, and should be sent to mork@vcn.bc.ca with the subject 'Quote'. Any errors, typographical or otherwise, are ours.
"The purpose is not to understand the world but to change it." -- Karl Marx
"Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers." -- Voltaire
"Never trust someone who can bleed for five days and not die."
"Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't out to get you."
"The devices of power and its minions are the same in all countries and in all ages. It marks its victim; denounces it; and excites the public hatred, to conceal its own abuses and encroachments." -- Senator Henry Clay, 1834.
"My education was interupted between 6 and 16 while I attended school." -- George Bernard Shaw
"I never let schooling interfere with my education." -- Samuel L. Clemens (aka Mark Twain)
"Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught." -- Oscar Wilde
"You can not teach a man anything. You can only help him to find it within himself." -- Galileo Galilei
"When we have nothing left to lose you will have nothing left to use." -- Fugazi: Merchandise (From the album Repeater)
"I may not believe a word you say; but I will defend 'til the death your right to say it." -- Voltaire
"If you gaze for long into the abyss, The abyss also gazes into you." --Nietzsche
"Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing." --Helen Keller
"Those who hope for no other life are dead even for this." -- Friedrich von Goethe
"Only fools are positive." -- Moe Howard
"I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book."
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