Beinecke Library Quotes

#1. Our global economy is much more fragile than many of us realize.

Robert Kiyosaki

#2. The ideal of calm exists in a sitting cat.

Jules Renard

#3. There will be a lot of competitive and strong companies coming here and even though Kosovo is a small country that undoubtedly has a lot to offer to global trade; one of our main interests is to expose it to the world market.

Ibrahim Rugova

#4. Pray, always pray; when sickness wastes thy frame, Prayer brings the healing power of Jesus' name.

A.B. Simpson

#5. I believe that in every country the people themselves are more peaceably and liberally inclined than their governments.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

#6. Materialism is the philosophy of the subject who forgets to take account of himself.

Arthur Schopenhauer

#7. If we want technology to serve society rather than enslave it, we have to build systems accessible to all people - be they male or female, young, old, disabled, computer wizards or technophobes.

Anita Borg

#8. Contrarian thinking at its best simply asks, Is this really true? It speaks up when the politically correct answer or the conventional wisdom doesn't match reality - when things simply don't work the way everyone says they should.

Larry Osborne

#9. The Christian religion is a parody on the worship of the sun, in which they put a man called Christ in the place of the sun, and pay him the adoration originally payed to the sun.

Thomas Paine

#10. In this world, with thy earthly life, thou art under heaven, stars, and elements, also under hell and devils; all ruleth in thee, and over thee.

Jakob Bohme

#11. A 2011 report produced by Forrester Research estimated that the revenue generated through the sales of smartphone and tablet applications will reach $38 billion annually by 2015. Think about that: An industry that did not exist in 2006 will be generating $38 billion in revenues within a decade ...

Thomas Friedman

#12. He was happy and therefore bound to succeed.

Ian McEwan

#13. What is the city but the people?

William Shakespeare

#14. If you don't have experience sewing, start with that, because that will inform what you are able to design.

Tim Gunn