The free press is a cornerstone of democracy. People have a need to know. Journalists have a right to tell. Finding the facts can be difficult. Reporting the story can be dangerous. Freedom includes the right to be outrageous. Responsibility includes the duty to be fair. News is history in the making. Journalists provide the first draft of history. A free press, at its best, reveals the...
An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made in a very narrow field. Niels Bohr - Danish physician, Nobel Prize in physics 1922 (1885-1962), in a conversation with the German physicists and Nobel Prize laureates of 1932 and 1945, Werner Heisenberg (1901-1976) and Wolfgang Pauli (1900-1958), at the edge of a physics session in Copenhagen (1952) En ekspert er en person,...
Criticism is the fertilizer of learning. attributed to Sir John Marks Templeton - value investor and philanthropist (1912-2008), Quotations book 2018
Invert, always invert. Maxim of Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi - born Jacques Simon, German mathematician, founder of the mathematical and physical seminar in Königsberg (1804-1851)
It"s not that I"m so smart; it"s just that I stay with problems longer. attributed to Albert Einstein - German physicist, Nobel prize in physics 1921 (1879-1955)
Brilliance is the ability to simplify a mass amount of information into a simple yes/no decision. Warren Buffett - American value investor, Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (b. 1930), Quotations book 2017
Education is important, especially when it comes to dismantling prejudices. You can"t help being a prisoner within your own mind, but the least you can do is ensure that the cell is decently furnished. Sir Peter Ustinov – English actor and writer (1921-2004), Quotations book 2017
It"s hardest to see what"s wrong about what seems normal. Jane S. Fonda - American actress and writer (b. 1937), in "My Life So Far", act two, chapter 1 "1968" (2010)
When you talk you are only repeating what you already know, but when you listen you may learn something. Wisdom - Quotations book 2017
Scientiam non ut possessio habeatur, sed sicut aliquid ab eo mutuatum. Wisdom is not held by men as a possession, but as something on loan. Thomas Aquinas - Italian philosopher and theologian (1224/25-1274), from his comment on Aristotle"s Metaphysics "Sententia libri Metaphysicae" (lib. 1 l. 3 n. 13)
The oldest, shortest words, "yes" and "no", are those which require the most thoughts. attributed to Pythagoras of Samos - Greek philosopher and mathematician (c. 570-501 B.C.), Quotations book 2017
Thinking well is wise; planning well, wiser; doing well wisest and best of all. Persian proverb - Quotations book 2017
The better the question. The better the answer. The better the world works. Slogan by Ernst & Young, business consulting company
The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking. following Albert Einstein - German physicist, Nobel prize in physics 1921 (1879-1955)
Nothing shapes our lives so much as the questions we ask, refuse to ask, or never dream of asking. Sam Keen - American philosopher (b. 1931), Quotations book 2015
Facts do not cease to exist just because they are ignored. Aldous Leonard Huxley - British writer (1894-1963), from "Proper Studies" (1927), Quotations book 2014
By wisdom a house is built; by understanding it is established. By knowledge rooms are filled with all precious and pleasant wealth. The Bible, Proverbs 24:3-4 (CEB) - Quotations book 2014
As a young man, I was told by Lord Thomson of Fleet that you have to think until it hurts before making a decision. Paul Desmarais Jr. - Canadian entrepreneur (b. 1954) [Lord (Kenneth) Thomson of Fleet: Canadian publisher (1923-2006)], Quotations book 2014
Education is what remains, when the last Dollar is spent. proverb, falsely attributed to Mark Twain - born Samuel Langhorne Clemens, American writer (1835-1910), could not be verified by the Mark Twain library, Quotations book 2014
Surround yourself with people smarter than you. Slogan of George M. "The Boss" Steinbrenner III - American entrepreneur (1930-2010), known as owner of the New York Yankees, Quotations book 2014