"No theory of my own will ever stand in the way of my executing, in good faith, any order I may receive from those in authority over me."

-- Ulysses S. Grant

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“Happiness doesn't come from making a fortune and owning lots of possessions. 'Stuff' doesn't bring happiness. Family, friends, good health and the satisfaction that comes from making a positive difference are what really matter.”
“We still have hope; it is what keeps us going.”
“[The word class has] been excised from the acceptable political vocabulary, except in the limited usage of right-wingers when they accuse liberals of inciting 'class warfare' - a charge that means it's okay for rich people to vote their economic interests but it's not all right to encourage poor people to do so.”
“In all modern history, interference with science in the supposed interest of religion, no matter how conscientious such interference may have been, has resulted in the direst evils both to religion and to science, and invariably; and, on the other hand, all untrammelled scientific investigation, no matter how dangerous to religion some of its stages may have seemed for the time to be, has invariably resulted in the highest good both of religion and of science.”

Source : Andrew Dickson White (1960). “A History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom”
“To some extent, I have only lived to have something to outlive. By confiding these futile remembrances to paper, I am conscious of accomplishing the most important act of my life. I was predestined to Memory.”
“How can you not love a man banging on the drums? He knows how to keep a rhythm.”

Source : "Malin Akerman: White House Home Wrecker?" by A.J.Jacobs, www.esquire.com. September 9, 2009.
“Well, it's great that critics are comparing me to Eminem, and not Vanilla Ice.”
“The basic fault lines today are not between people with different beliefs but between people who hold these beliefs with an element of uncertainty and people who hold these beliefs with a pretense of certitude”

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