The fundamental concept in social science is power, in the same sense in which energy is the fundamental concept in physics.
—Bertrand Russell, 1938
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Towns oftener swamp one than carry one out onto the big ocean of life.
—D.H. Lawrence, 1908Do we want laurels for ourselves most, / Or most that no one else shall have any?
—Amy Lowell, 1922These landscapes of water and reflection have become an obsession.
—Claude Monet, 1908Jesters do oft prove prophets.
—William Shakespeare, c. 1605I count myself in nothing else so happy / As in a soul remembering my good friends.
—William Shakespeare, c. 1595The people are the foundation of the state. If the foundations are firm, the state will be tranquil.
—Classic of History, c. 400 BCWhenever a friend succeeds, a little something in me dies.
—Gore Vidal, 1973Friendships begin with liking or gratitude—roots that can be pulled up.
—George Eliot, 1876People can say what they like about the eternal verities, love and truth and so on, but nothing’s as eternal as the dishes.
—Margaret Mahy, 1985You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from.
—Cormac McCarthy, 2005We should look for someone to eat and drink with before looking for something to eat and drink, for dining alone is leading the life of a lion or wolf.
—Epicurus, c. 300 BCAll technologies should be assumed guilty until proven innocent.
—David Brower, 1992