"Education is a weapon whose effects depend on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed."

-- Joseph Stalin

#School Quotes #Reality Quotes #Hands Quotes

“If you're frightened of damaging yourself, you increase the risk of doing just that. Consider the tightrope walker. Do you think he spares any thought for falling while he's walking the rope? No, he accepts the risk, and enjoys the thrill of braving the danger. If you spend your whole life being careful not to break anything, you'll get terribly bored, you know... I can't think of anything more fun than being impulsive.”
“Forgive me for my disrespect, forgive me for my lies.”
“Solar power is the last energy resource that isn't owned yet - nobody taxes the sun yet.”
“A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.”
“Above all Christians are not allowed to correct by violence sinful wrongdoings.”
“You know, my mother had a rule which was 'people are just people.”

Source : "Lynne Cheney On The VP, Gays And Her Book". "Sunday Morning" with Rita Braver, www.cbsnews.com. October 5, 2007.
“In New York the stakes are so high. In urban centers the stakes are so high. You marry the wrong person, you go to the wrong college, you take the wrong job. Any of these things could really get you in trouble down the road. Or in your mind anyway. You're afraid to make any move, it's paralyzing.”
“But even the Four Horsemen of Kidporn, Dope Dealers, Mafia and Terrorists don't worry me as much as totalitarian governments. It's been a long century, and we've had enough of them.”

Source : "So, people, we have a fight on our hands" by Bruce Sterling, www.wired.com. July 1, 1994.

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