Inspirational Quotes
Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.
Historical Perspective Quotes
Cultural ReflectionHistorical PerspectiveIdentityNationalismPrejudice and Understanding During most of my life, my contact with Jews and Judaism was slight. I gave little thought to their problems, save in asking myself, from time to time, whether we were showing by our lives due appreciation of the opportunities which this hospitable country affords. My approach to Zionism was through Americanism.
DisillusionmentExperience and ObservationGovernment CriticismHistorical PerspectivePolitical Skepticism I've lived in Washington now for 44 years, and that's a lot of folly to witness up close. Whatever confidence and optimism I felt towards the central government when I got here on January 1, 1970 has pretty much dissipated at the hands of the government.
Cultural ChangeHistorical PerspectiveNostalgiaPersonal Reflection The '70s just seemed dirty, honestly, and not in an interesting way. It's not the '80s. In fact, it's 10 less. I grew up in the '80s, so that's more of an interesting time to me.
Historical PerspectiveHumorRecognitionSelf-Perception I'm the most recognized and loved man that ever lived cuz there weren't no satellites when Jesus and Moses were around, so people far away in the villages didn't know about them.
EqualityGratitudeHistorical PerspectiveProgressStruggle If anyone thinks they'd rather be in a different part of history, they're probably not a very good student of history. Life sucked in the old days. People knew very little, and you were likely to die at a young age of some horrible disease. You'd probably have no teeth by now. It would be particularly awful if you were a woman.
Citizenship and RightsHistorical PerspectiveImmigration PolicyLaw and LegislationLegal Principles If those who wrote and ratified the 14th Amendment had imagined laws restricting immigration - and had anticipated huge waves of illegal immigration - is it reasonable to presume they would have wanted to provide the reward of citizenship to the children of the violators of those laws? Surely not.
Acceptance of ScienceHistorical PerspectiveMinority InfluenceScience and Religion RelationshipScience Progress It's actually the minority of religious people who rejects science or feel threatened by it or want to sort of undo or restrict the... where science can go. The rest, you know, are just fine with science. And it has been that way ever since the beginning.
Historical PerspectiveHuman PotentialInner WisdomSelf-Discovery Everyone now knows how to find the meaning of life within himself. But mankind wasn't always so lucky. Less than a century ago, men and women did not have easy access to the puzzle boxes within them.
Design and MiniaturizationHistorical PerspectiveInnovationSpace ExplorationTechnology Evolution The urge to miniaturize electronics did not exist before the space program. I mean our grandparents had radios that was furniture in the living room. Nobody at the time was saying, 'Gee, I want to carry that in my pocket.' Which is a non-thought.
Historical PerspectiveHumorScienceTechnology Back in my days as a chemistry student, I used to be quite a technocrat. I was firmly convinced that scientists would have cornered God and photographed Him in color by 1951.
American IdealsClass DivideEqualityHistorical PerspectiveSocial Hierarchy In America everybody is of the opinion that he has no social superiors, since all men are equal, but he does not admit that he has no social inferiors, for, from the time of Jefferson onward, the doctrine that all men are equal applies only upwards, not downwards.
