"The science [geometry] is pursued for the sake of the knowledge of what eternally exists, and not of what comes for a moment into existence, and then perishes."

-- Plato

#Knowledge Quotes #Sake Quotes #Moments Quotes

“So do I wish I was to be king? That is not a question I ask myself. I ask myself, Would I be a good king? Would I be quick witted and generous of spirit and full of that boundless energy? Or would I be clumsy and stupid and dulled by my own prejudices? I try to be a good man, since I am alive at all, and hope that that teaches me what I would need to know if I was ever faced with a higher challenge.”
“The speed with which armies collapse, bureaucracies abdicate, and social structures dissolve once the autocrat is removed frequently surprises American Policy makers.”

Source : "Jeane Kirkpatrick". www.economist.com. December 19, 2006.
“The U.S. population, a mere four or five percent of the world total, creates half the world's toxic waste.”
“Maybe Iâ€™m old, but to me, â€˜going outâ€™ means going out to dinner. Itâ€™s about the conversation: someone recognizing your intellect, the charm of flirting, and really speaking to somebody.”
“God made us walking animals - pedestrians. As a fish needs to swim, a bird to fly, a deer to run, we need to walk, not in order to survive, but to be happy.”
“I go out there and train as hard as anybody else.”
“I believe every woman has the right to any birth experience she wants, wherever she chooses and with whatever care provider she's comfortable. It's about doing your own due diligence and finding the best option for you.”
“Laughing at ones own attempt at humor while saying things just come to me should be punishable by death.”

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