Ancient Sumerian Quotes

#1. According to the English scholar Richard Lloyd-Jones, some of the clay tablets deciphered from ancient Sumerian include complaints about the deteriorating writing skills of the young.

Steven Pinker

#2. If you look at most definitions, a god is omnipresent, omniscient and omnipotent. In particular, god knows when you are doing something that you shouldn't be doing and whether you are playing according to god's rules.

Julian Assange

#3. When I look at Reed and his muscular frame and his hard face, sometimes I forget that he's got a heart that's as fragile as mine. But guys aren't supposed to be emotional so they hide their feelings behind seriousness, crudeness, or dickish behavior.

Erin Watt

#4. With the right reasons, at the right moment, even the most beaten and broken of people could rise up and reclaim themselves.

Samantha Shannon

#5. Liberty is not less a blessing, because oppression has so long darkened the mind that it can not appreciate it.

Lucretia Mott

#6. Christ in this country would quite likely have been arrested under the Suppression of Communism act.

Joost De Blank

#7. Cats are rather delicate creatures and they are subject to a good many different ailments, but I have never heard of one who suffered from insomnia.

Joseph Wood Krutch

#8. I have a vision for a world where business is the most powerful force for positive change.

Lucas Donat

#9. If you really care about starting a movement, have the courage to follow and show others how to follow. And when you find a lone nut doing something great, have the guts to be the first one to stand up and join in.

Derek Sivers

#10. Label-locked thinking can affect treatment. For instance, I heard a doctor say about a kid with gastrointestinal issues, "Oh, he has autism. That's the problem" - and then he didn't treat the GI problem.

Temple Grandin

#11. England is a fairly envious little country and it's embodied in the press. They don't like anyone being more distinguished than they are.

John Cleese

#12. Their earlier poor performance had had more to do with the way they were tested than with their mental powers. Elephants

Frans De Waal