We must not inflict life on children who will be resented we must not inflict unwanted children on society.

A society that does not correctly interpret and appreciate its past cannot understand its present fortunes and adversities and can be caught unawares in a fast changing world.

No good is ever done to society by the pictorial representation of its diseases.

Law represents the effort of man to organize society governments the efforts of selfishness to overthrow liberty.

As in geology so in social institutions we may discover the causes of all past changes in the present invariable order of society.

When trying to remember my share in the glow of the eternal present in the smile of God I return to my childhood too for that is where the most significant discoveries turn up.

Jesus wept Voltaire smiled. From that divine tear and from that human smile is derived the grace of present civilization.

The recognition of the art that informs all pure science need not mean the abandonment for it of all present art rather it will mean the completion of the transformation of art that has already begun.

Now Venus is an extremely hostile environment and as such presents a lot of challenges for a science fiction author who wants to create life there. However as I began to research it more thoroughly I found myself intrigued by the possibilities the world offers.

English is necessary as at present original works of science are in English. I believe that in two decades times original works of science will start coming out in our languages. Then we can move over like the Japanese.

Every known fact in natural science was divined by the presentiment of somebody before it was actually verified.

My childhood I would say was a bit sad. Society resents that.

In a sad twist of fate the bill to reauthorize the Patriot Act was debated on the floor of the House of Representatives the same day that terrorists struck again.

At a time when 2500 American soldiers have given their lives for the cause of bringing democracy to Iraq it is sad and frustrating to watch the Republican establishment disgrace the exercise of democracy in our own House of Representatives.

I love my past I love my present. I am not ashamed of what I have had and I am not sad because I no longer have it.

It is sadder to find the past again and find it inadequate to the present than it is to have it elude you and remain forever a harmonious conception of memory.

I think opera has gained a kind of glamorous appeal. It's a live performance that aligns all of the arts and when it is represented in the media in film in particular it is presented as something that is really a special event whether it's a great date or something that's just hugely romantic.