Sir William Draper Famous Quotes
"Presumption means nothing more than as stated by Lord Mansfield, the weighing of probabilities, and deciding, by the powers of common sense, on which side the truth is."
Sir William Draper Quotations
"As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy."
Abraham Lincoln
"To believe God is a Privilege, To doubt God is an insult."
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All phone calls are obscene.
Karen Elizabeth Gordon
To be occasionally quoted is the only fame I care for.
Alexander Smith
"If all men knew what others say of them, there would not be four friends in the world."
Blaise Pascal
"My mother drew a distinction between achievement and success. She said that 'achievement is the knowledge that you have studied and worked hard and done the best that is in you. Success is being praised by others, and that's nice, too, but not as important or satisfying. Always aim for achievement and forget about success.'"
Helen Hayes
In this country England it is well to kill from time to time an admiral to encourage the others.
Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire
"What is objectionable, what is dangerous, about extremists is not that they are extreme, but that they are intolerant. The evil is not what they say about their cause, but what they say about their opponents."
Robert Francis Kennedy
"First it is necessary to stand on your own two feet. But the minute a man finds himself in that position, the next thing he should do is reach out his arms."
Kristin Hunter
"Men fear thought as they fear nothing else on earth -- more than ruin -- more even than death.... Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and terrible, thought is merciless to privilege, established institutions, and comfortable habit. Thought looks into the pit of hell and is not afraid. Thought is great and swift and free, the light of the world, and the chief glory of man."
Bertrand Russell