"When I say I'm a Buddhist"[citation needed]
Source: The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation
Manuscript (1903), published in Q.E.D. Book 1, from Q.E.D., and Other Early Writings (1971)
Source: Thinking, Fast and Slow (2011), Chapter 38, "Thinking about life", pages 400-401 (ISBN 9780141033570).
(in a interview with him in Hindustan Times, 19/11/1990). Quoted from Elst, Koenraad (1991). Ayodhya and after: Issues before Hindu society.
In an interview following her election as Deputy Leader of the Labour Party http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article2843875.ece, 10 November 2007.
“Other things being equal, it is better to be smart than to be stupid.”
Source: Cosmos (1980), p. 284
“If I have seen further than others, it is because I am surrounded by dwarfs.”
As quoted in "Wilson vs Watson: The blessing of great enemies" by Amanda Gefter in New Scientist (10 September 2009) http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17771-wilson-vs-watson-the-blessing-of-great-enemies.html; this is a play upon the famous statement by Isaac Newton: "If I have seen further it is only by standing on the shoulders of giants."
“Democracy is good. I say this because other systems are worse.”
As quoted in The New York Times (15 January 1961), and in Lifetime Speaker's Encyclopedia (1962) by Jacob Morton Braude, p. 173
Context: Democracy is good. I say this because other systems are worse. So we are forced to accept democracy. It has good points and also bad. But merely saying that democracy will solve all problems is utterly wrong. Problems are solved by intelligence and hard work.
