quotes of day Saturday, July 4, 2026

“We still have too much air and water pollution and we still need to work to reduce it. But we also need to put the problem of pollution into a historical as well as scientific perspective.”

“I have never seen a man as fond of virtue as of women.”

“Until today the rights of people have always been put forward by a few individuals acting in the name of the masses. Today instead of people no longer want to be represented; each wants to speak for himself and participate directly - it's the same for the Negroes, for the Jews, for women.”

“The world laughs in flowers.”

“If you can't make it good, at least make it look good.”

“Moral courage is the most valuable and usually the most absent characteristic in men”

“I am part of the part that once was everything, Part of the darkness which gave birth to light… Mephistopheles, from Faust.”

“It's always necessary to seek for perfection. Obviously, for us, this word no longer has the same meaning. To me, it means: from one canvas to the next, always go further, further.”

“It is awfully hard work doing nothing. However, I don't mind hard work when there is no definite object of any kind. To do nothing at all is the most difficult thing.”

“I learned a long time ago the wisest thing I can do is be on my own side, be an advocate for myself and others like me.”

“Just get the right syllable in the proper place.”

“Often you just have to rely on your intuition.”

“I've never let anyone talk me into not believing in myself”

“We are responsible for what we are, and whatever we wish ourselves to be, we have the power to make ourselves.”

“Teaching is the only major occupation of man for which we have not yet developed tools that make an average person capable of competence and performance. In teaching we rely on the 'naturals,' the ones who somehow know how to teach.”

“You are neither right nor wrong because the crowd disagrees with you.”