Had we not pursued the hydrogen bomb, there is a very real threat that we would now all be speaking Russian. I have no regrets. Edward Teller
In both pop and disco, the meaning of the lyrics is not too important. I have nothing I feel I particularly want to say. Giorgio Moroder
It's the most extraordinary and saddest thing, the amount of talent out there not being seen. Gedde Watanabe
All tastes have the quality of being in some way artificial and invented. The secret of life is to have enough detachment from your tastes and your values to see that they are a little bit absurd. Adam Gopnik
Especially when you talk about the power of documentary filmmaking, you can't really have a slant; financially, you can't have a slant on the end goals. Amy J. Berg
It's depicted in comics as, like, this gung-ho, 'Let's die in battle, in glory' idea, because that's just the genre we're in. But that's not what war really is. Brian Azzarello
In crises, the old is dying and the new has not been born. Hence, the revolts we are witnessing in Egypt and Tunisia, which may yet extend to other countries in the region, are full of uncertainties. Jose Maria Aznar
Prior to penicillin and medical research, death was an everyday occurrence. It was intimate. Katherine Dunn
An atmosphere of beliefs and conceptions has been formed by the labours and struggles of our forefathers, which enables us to breathe amid the various and complex circumstances of our life. William Kingdon Clifford
If a philosophic theory is once ruled out of court, no one can tell when it will appear again. Morris Raphael Cohen
One of the remarkable things about Donald Trump is that he didn't just beat the Progressive establishment - he also beat the Conservative establishment. Two political tribes that dominated Washington for half a century were defeated in the space of one election campaign. Milo Yiannopoulos
The first, that their pretensions to this possession of an art properly so called in their art of speaking are entirely unfounded; and the second, that they are involved in a profound mistake in their confusion of the good with the pleasant. Friedrich Schleiermacher
I got my first set of drums when I was around 3. I went from band to marching band to Latin jazz band - it's like riding a bike. Jeremih
The minister and the priest teach that the organization is greater. No great philosophy has ever come from an organization, but from an individual whose research has been a personal study of God and ITS ways. Paul Twitchell
They're thinking of turning the peasant into an educated man. Why, first of all they should make him a good and prosperous farmer and then he'll learn all that is necessary for him to know. Nikolai Gogol
Mr. Chairman, obviously a $60 million cut in the National Endowment for the Arts would be a disaster. Norm Dicks
I had a string of really awful jobs in Manhattan where my whole point was to do as little work in the world as possible so I could hoard time to write. Charles Bock
We always honor our people when they die; we've got to honor them while we're still alive. Biz Markie
Fame and fortune should never get in front of your passion. The passion will generate the fame and fortune, if you're good enough. Max Walker