Telescopes and bathyscapes and sonar probes of Scottish lakes, Tacoma Narrows bridge collapse explained with abstract phase-space maps, some x-ray slides, a music score, Minard's Napoleonic war: the m...

It is a sign of immaturity to believe that being older than someone (automatically) makes you more (mentally) mature than them.

Stolen oranges also have Vitamin C. Likewise, a stolen salmon, too, has omega-3 fatty acids.

No". Tyrion's voice was hoarse. "Sansa is no longer yours to torment. Understand that, monster." Joffrey sneered. "You're the monster, Uncle" "Am I?" Tyrion cocked his head. "Perhaps you should speak...

The real purpose of the opposition is to minimize the amount of money the ruling party will have stolen from the people at the end of its term.

To whomever swapped my tattoo cream for toothpaste........ well played.

Today I plan to smile a lot, only so people who know me will be freaked the fuck out.

Trunk took a chocolate bar out an inside pocket, ripped the paper and spat it, stuck the end of the bar in his mouth, bit off a huge chunk. He chewed, cheeks bulging, then took out a small silver hip...

There's a limit beyond which one cannot progress. The differences between the limiting abilities of those on successively higher steps of the pyramid are enormous. I have not seen described anywhere t...

Loyalty to country ALWAYS. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it.

After all, Ginger Rogers did everything that Fred Astaire did. She just did it backwards and in high heels.

The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class are to represent and repress them.

I sincerely believe that banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies, and that the principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding, is but swindling f...

A change is brought about because ordinary people do extraordinary things.

People are always shouting they want to create a better future. It's not true. The future is an apathetic void of no interest to anyone. The past is full of life, eager to irritate us, provoke and ins...

A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves.

We in America do not have government by the majority. We have government by the majority who participate.

I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.

Patriotism is, fundamentally, a conviction that a particular country is the best in the world because you were born in it....

Here is your country. Cherish these natural wonders, cherish the natural resources, cherish the history and romance as a sacred heritage, for your children and your children's children. Do not let sel...