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In the world of human thought generally, and in physical science particularly, the most important and fruitful concepts are those to which it is impossible to attach a well-defined meaning.

You can't put the toothpaste back in the tube.

When better business decisions are made, economists won't make them.

Know how sublime a thing is to suffer and be strong.

The camera cannot lie. But it can be an accessory to untruth.

I never give them hell. I just tell the truth and they think it's hell.

It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.

The place where optimism most flourishes is the lunatic asylum.

If you want to commit suicide you can use my razor; it's electric, but you can hang yourself with the cord.

I had rather be right than be President.

Mathematics transfigures the fortuitous concourse of atoms into the tracery of the finger of God.

You can not apply mathematics as long as words still becloud reality.

I think, therefore I am - I think.

In any country there must be people who have to die. They are the sacrifices any nation has to make to achieve law and order.

Happy campers you have been, happy campers you are, and happy campers you will always be.

Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death.

I'm a high school student and this is from a poem I wrote called Sometimes He Wonders. You may split it into different parts if you'd like - right now I'll put it as Unsorted. And He feels so incredibly weak when he has ferociously quarreled against them since his genuine years and has lost. His hopes for a better understanding dissipate as he grows older, and his mind grows less eager to reach a verdict. Having no sense of direction, he roams here, looking above, asking futile questions, even though the answers may be feared. Good by nature, he has learned his survival skills, which will lead him into the real world, and will someday make him a successful individual. Wishing the pressure did not exist, it is a natural instinct to adapt and not to recluse. He rather is a mindless drone than a lonely Hermit, after all. He has no control over his environment, it is the exact opposite. Molded and shaped by his surroundings, he seeks about for himself and his purpose, while this mold slowly deteriorates organic matter.

If you want a symbolic gesture, don't burn the flag; wash it.

A dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant may see farther than a giant himself.

Honest criticism is hard to take, particularly from a relative, a friend, an acquaintance or a stranger.