"I have always been in favor of a healthy Americanization, but that does not mean a complete disavowal of our German heritage. It means that our character should take on the best of that which is American, and combine it with the best of that which is German. By doing this, we can best serve the American people and their civilization."

-- Carl Schurz

#Character Quotes #Mean Quotes #Civilization Quotes

“He can stop me in my tracks, but he can't make me do someting I don't want to”
“To say that the universe was here last year, or millions of years ago, does not explain its origin. This is still a mystery. As to the question of the origin of things, man can only wonder and doubt and guess.”

Source : John Desmond Bernal (1967). “The origin of life”
“The art of a news reporter is to learn how to lull a victim, because all good reporters are confidence tricksters in embryo.”

Source : "The Way to Minack". Book by Derek Tangye, 1968.
“If the fact that people make poor decisions is reason enough for the government to second-guess their decisions about dangerous activities such as smoking cigarettes and riding motorcycles, why on earth should the government let people make their own choices when it comes to such consequential matters as where to live, how much education to get, whom to marry, whether to have children, which job to take, or what religion to practice?”
“In practice, don't just run basketball drills, teach the players how to play basketball.”
“The concept of 'obscenity' is tested when one dares to look at something that he has an unbearable desire to see but has forbidden himself to look at. When one feels that everything that one had wanted to see has been revealed, 'obscenity' disappears, the taboo disappears as well, and there is a certain liberation.”
“We don't need more stupid ideas.”
“There is nothing harder, at moments, than talking to someone who has all the power of silence.”

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