"We ought to be ten times as hungry for knowledge as for food for the body."

“There are four chief obstacles in grasping truth ... namely, submission to faulty and unworthy authority, influence of custom, popular prejudice, and the concealment of our own ignorance accompanied by an ostentatious display of our knowledge.”

Source : Roger Bacon (2016). “Opus Majus, Volumes 1 and 2”, p.4, University of Pennsylvania Press

“I admired Eugene McCarthy's courage and although I left his Senate staff after four years to accept a job as the researcher on the editorial page of the 'Washington Post,' I remained an admirer.”

“Propaganda does not aim to elevate man, but to make him serve .”

Source : "Propaganda: The Formation of Men's Attitudes". Book by Jacques Ellul, translated by Konrad Kellen and Jean Lerner,, 1965.

“I didn't understand art, until one day Tom Brady took me to the museum, and we looked at the Picasso, and he said, 'Rob, that's a touchdown.' We looked at the Rembrandt and Tom said, 'Rob, that's another touchdown.' We looked at the Vermeer and Tom said, 'Rob, that's another touchdown.' And I said, 'No, Tom, that's just a field goal.'”

“Help is dangerous because it exists outside the human economy: the only payment for help is gratitude.”

“I have been so fortunate and I really am appreciative of the success I've had.”

Source : "Movies, Hearing Loss and Hearing Aids". Interview with Dr. Beck, www.audiologyonline.com. May 2, 2005.

“Having decided to follow my own intuitive path I began to write music on the basis of harmonized spoken words, for new instruments and in new scales.”

Source : Harry Partch (2009). “Genesis of a Music: An Account of a Creative Work, Its Roots, and Its Fulfillments”, p.6, Da Capo Press

“After a foreign invasion, there has to be a sort of feeling of musical inadequacy in the country.”