Kadmos Shield Quotes

#1. You stay in the surreal world of so-called higher learning. You are comfortable there. You have very little reason to leave it.

Harlan Coben

#2. Sacrifice begins with sharing.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#3. What is real? How do you define real? If you're talking about what you can feel, what you can smell, what you can taste and see, then real is simply electrical signals interpreted by your brain.

Lana Wachowski

#4. I have not been able to give a concrete answer to the question of how the nations of Asia can create their own unique liberal arts traditions that are not simply the importation of a Western model. The question is a critical one and the answer must come from Asian universities themselves.

Henry Rosovsky

#5. The truth is, if you asked me to choose between winning the Tour de France and cancer, I would choose cancer. Odd as it sounds, I would rather have the title of cancer survivor than winner of the Tour, because of what it has done for me as a human being, a man, a husband, a son, and a father.

Lance Armstrong

#6. I think television often has dismissed younger people. They figure, well, they're not really watching news, that's not our audience.

Kurt Loder

#7. It is a sad thing that our schoolboys look upon manual labour with disfavour, if not contempt.

Mahatma Gandhi

#8. Education is the investment our generation makes in the future.

Mitt Romney

#9. Some people hurt so much they can't take what they need, even when someone wants to give it to them. (106)

Keith Ablow

#10. Every warrior on the path of knowledge thinks, at one time or another, that he's learning sorcery, but all he's doing is allowing himself to be convinced of the power hidden in his being, and that he can reach it.

Carlos Castaneda

#11. What's a bigger mystery box than a movie theater? You go to the theater, you're just so excited to see anything - the moment the lights go down is often the best part.

J.J. Abrams