Systematizing Quotes

#1. Science is the pursuit of pure truth, and the systematizing of it.

P.T. Barnum

#2. This was the invention of modern American philanthropy as we know it. The idea of systematizing giving to achieve human progress was the true innovation of John D. Rockefeller, and ultimately the Rockefeller Foundation's legacy.

Judith Rodin

#3. Unfortunately, the real focus in this country has not been on the rest of the world. It's been on our own issues and our own problems. Fair enough. But it means that our simple hopes that everything will just work out abroad aren't really coming to pass.

Jeffrey Sachs

#4. I can't even enjoy a blade of grass unless I know there's a subway handy, or a record store or some other sign that people do not totally regret life. It's more important to confirm the least sincere. The clouds get enough attention as it is ...

Frank O'Hara

#5. All definitions of wilderness that exclude people seem to me to be false. African 'wilderness' areas are racist because indigenous people are being cleared out of them so white people can go on holiday there.

Jay Griffiths

#6. I'm all for it. In these days, regional marketing is the only way to survive.

John Howard

#7. Like all explorers, we are drawn to discover what's out there without knowing yet if we have the courage to face it.

Pema Chodron

#8. Sir, they are a race of convicts and ought to be grateful for anything we allow them short of hanging.

Samuel Johnson

#9. Language, as we know, is full of illogicalities.

Gunnar Myrdal

#10. That sounded about as likely as Apophis and Ra becoming Facebook buddies, but I decided not to say anything.

Rick Riordan

#11. Our greatest stupidities may be very wise.

Ludwig Wittgenstein

#12. Bulldogs are adorable, with faces like toads that have been sat on. My hounds are bred out of the Spartan kind; So flew'd, so sanded; their heads are hung with ears that sweep away the morning dew ...

William Shakespeare

#13. Dad got furious when we lied to him. No, Dad got furious then we lied to him.

Brian Spellman

#14. I definitely like a little bit of darkness, a little edge. I get a little bored when things are maybe too simple or too ... expected.

Deborah Ann Woll