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“What is true is that the idea of power corrupts. Power corrupts most rapidly those who believe in it, and it is they who will want it most. Obviously, our democratic system tends to give power to those who hunger for it and gives every opportunity to those who don't want power to avoid getting it. Not a very satisfactory arrangement if power corrupts those who believe in it and want it.”
Source : Gregory Bateson (1972). “Steps to an Ecology of Mind: Collected Essays in Anthropology, Psychiatry, Evolution, and Epistemology”, p.494, University of Chicago Press
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“If you don't want to sink, you better figure out how to swim”
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“Snowstorms may yet whiten fields and gardens, high winds may howl about the trees and chimneys, but the little blue heralds persistently proclaim from the orchard and the garden that the spring procession has begun to move.”
Source : Neltje Blanchan (1922). “Bird Neighbors: An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifty Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods about Our Homes”
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“People come to a company like Abbott sometimes and think, Its so big, I cant make a difference. I think just the opposite. I think everybody can make a difference.”
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“So ... will you stay with me until it's over? Please?" "Kaylee, I would do anything for the girl who granted my dying wish.”
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“It has always seemed to me that Barack Obama has studied intensely and learned a great deal from Lincoln.”
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“I identify with the 99 per cent.”
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“For most men friendship is a faithless harbor.”
