Peter L. Bernstein (1919–2009) American academic
Source: Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk
(Handbill advertising Sanger's first clinic, Brooklyn, New York, October 1916) https://sangerpapers.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/sanger_flyer.jpg <br class="br">published in "Birthright: What's next for Planned Parenthood." Jill Lepore. The New Yorker, Nov. 14 2011 - page 48.
Peter L. Bernstein (1919–2009) American academic
Source: Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk
“Life grows short. Have you done everything you wanted to do, or have you played it safe?”
Jim Goad (1961) Author, publisher
Shit Magnet: One Man's Miraculous Ability to Absorb the World's Guilt (Feral House, 2002)
John C. Maxwell (1947) American author, speaker and pastor
Source: The 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth: Live Them and Reach Your Potential
“If you want to see what children can do, you must stop giving them things.”
Norman Douglas (1868–1952) British writer
Stewart Copeland (1952) American musician; drummer of The Police
From an interview published at JamBase.com http://www.JamBase.com
Aung San Suu Kyi (1945) State Counsellor of Myanmar and Leader of the National League for Democracy
Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought Acceptance Speech (2013)
Context: Why is one of the most important words in any language. You have to know why the world is the way it is or you have to want to know. If you do not have this curiosity and if you do not have the intelligence in order to be able to express this curiosity in terms that others can understand than we will not be able to contribute to progress in our world. How many of our people over these past few decades ever ask themselves why that had to submit to the authority of people who did not have the mandate of the general public. I do not think very many did. It was taken for granted that those who had power and authority could do exactly as they please. This was something that we could not accept.