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“If you don't realize there is always somebody who knows how to do something better than you, then you don't give proper respects for others' talents.”
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“Marx was wrong. Religion is not the opiate of the people. Opium suggests something soporific, numbing, dulling. Too often religion has been an aphrodisiac for horror, a Benzedrine for bestiality. At its best it has lifted spirits and raised spires. At its worst it has turned entire civilizations into cemeteries.”
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“Alas! it is not the child but the boy that generally survives in the man.”
Source : Sir Arthur Helps (1892). “Essays and Aphorisms”
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“I cook with wine, sometimes I even add it to the food.”
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“Minorities have never been given their rights. They have always had to wage a political and legal battle to win them.”
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“I grew up riding when I was younger in Texas. I actually learned how to ride in Norway. I really love riding horses.”
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“Life isn't measured in minutes, but in heartbeats.”
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“You have to know the human heart.”
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“You're never rude,' she said, smiling, 'and I think it's good to be touchy sometimes. It means you care.”
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“Anyone who would tackle our current addiction to fossil fuels is going to have to maneuver around denial.”
Source : William H. Calvin (2010). “Global Fever: How to Treat Climate Change”, p.31, William H. Calvin
