quotes about Classification

“Formulae are the anaesthetics of thought, not its stimulants and to make any one think is far better worth while than cramming him with ill-considered, and therefore indigestible, learning.”

Source : "Mars and its Canals". Book by Percival Lowell, Preface, 1906.

“Alas! is even love too weak To unlock the heart, and let it speak? Are even lovers powerless to reveal To one another what indeed they feel? I knew the mass of men conceal'd Their thoughts, for fear that if reveal'd They would by other men be met With blank indifference, or with blame reproved; I knew they lived and moved Trick'd in disguises, alien to the rest Of men, and alien to themselves - and yet The same heart beats in every human breast!”

“If you're injured, it changes the way you move. If you're injured, it changes the way you talk.”

Source : "'SNL's' Darrell Hammond Reveals Cutting, Abuse". Interview with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. November, 2011.

“I'm losing touch with reality and I'm almost out of blow. It's such a fine line, I hate to see it go. Cocaine, runnin' all 'round my brain.”

“A comedy can actually get funnier and funnier. Even though you know the joke, you enjoy it so much, it's the facial expression, you laugh. The laugh doesn't wear off. It could be with you for thirty years.”

“The most important thing about skating is that it teaches you to do the things you should do before you do the things you want to do.”

“Here every man may be master and owner of his owne labour and land...If he have nothing but his hands, he may...by industrie quickly grow rich.”

“The American flag is an enduring symbol of liberty, democracy, and justice. It is fitting that the House act to protect it as we approach our nation's birthday, and as our men and women in uniform rally behind it in Iraq's battlefields.”

“The people of this country want an industrial policy that is for America and Americans.”

“One hour of neglect can undo a year of pious effort.”