Source: Academy Series - Priscilla "Hutch" Hutchins, Odyssey (2006), Chapter 35 (p. 331)
“To take those fools in clerical garb seriously is to show them too much honor.”
Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity
Comment on the Union of Orthodox Rabbis after expelling a rabbi because of his disbelief in God as a personal entity.
Attributed in posthumous publications, Einstein's God (1997)
Gottfried Leibniz (1646–1716) German mathematician and philosopher
Il y a aussi deux sortes de vérités, celles de Raisonnement et celle de Fait. Les vérités de Raisonnement sont nécessaires et leur opposé est impossible, et celles de Fait sont contingentes et leur opposé est possible.
La monadologie (33).
The Monadology (1714)
Alan Moore book From Hell
In "Correspondence: From Hell" Alan Moore & Dave Sim, part 3, Cerebus #219, (2003)
Context: Truth is a well-known pathological liar. It invariably turns out to be Fiction wearing a fancy frock. Self-proclaimed Fiction, on the other hand, is entirely honest. You can tell this, because it comes right out and says, "I'm a Liar," right there on the dust jacket.
“All that would remain of me would be the raincoat I’d been wearing, rolled on a bench.”
Patrick Modiano (1945) French writer
Suspended Sentences (1993)
“I'm sitting on the stile, Mary,
Where we sat side by side.”
Helen Blackwood, Baroness Dufferin and Claneboye (1807–1867) British songwriter, composer, poet and author
Lament of the Irish Emigrant
John Lancaster Spalding (1840–1916) Catholic bishop
Source: Means and Ends of Education (1895), Chapter 1 "Truth and Love"
Jimmy Wales (1966) Wikipedia co-founder and American Internet entrepreneur
"How a ragtag band created Wikipedia" http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/37 - TED Talk (July 2005); this has sometimes appeared paraphrased as "The real struggle is not between the right and the left but between the party of the thoughtful and the party of the jerks." <br class="br">Context: Most people understand the need for neutrality. The real struggle is not between the right and the left — that's where most people assume — but it's between the party of the thoughtful and the party of the jerks. And no side of the political spectrum has a monopoly on either of those qualities.
“A smile is the best makeup a girl could wear”
Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962) American actress, model, and singer
