Surely if knowledge is valuable it can never be good policy in a country far wealthier than Tuscany to allow a genius like Mr. Dalton's to be employed in the drudgery of elementary instruction.
Learn from me if not by my precepts then by my example how dangerous is the pursuit of knowledge and how much happier is that man who believes his native town to be the world than he who aspires to be greater than his nature will allow.
It is not when truth is dirty but when it is shallow that the lover of knowledge is reluctant to step into its waters.
When you know a thing to hold that you know it and when you do not know a thing to allow that you do not know it - this is knowledge.
The National Intelligence Director needs the authority to do the job we are asking him to do. That means power over the intelligence budget. And to be effective to be allowed to do his or her job they must have authority over the budget.
Louis Freeh said on national TV that actionable intelligence could have allowed us to stop the hijackings.
During the Cold War we gathered information by listening to the Soviets taking pictures of the Soviets and we allowed our human intelligence to decline.
Guantanamo allows us to secure dangerous detainees without the risk of escape while at the same time providing us with valuable intelligence information on how best to proceed in the war against terror and prevent future attacks.
I never think of myself as wise. I think of myself as possessing a critical intelligence which I intend to allow to operate.
Space is an inspirational concept that allows you to dream big.
That neither our thoughts nor passions nor ideas formed by the imagination exist without the mind is what every body will allow.
What does it mean to be Catholic and not a Catholic? I feel adrift homeless. My Catholic imagination allows me to see the soul as a lit breath seeking the divine. It persists.
Imagination allows us to escape the predictable. It enables us to reply to the common wisdom that we cannot soar by saying 'Just watch!'
There's something about Southern women that is so unique yet so universal. Strong southern women are allowed to be soft and feminine and have a sense of humor. But what I love about Southern women in particular is their universality.
We're starting to push the envelope in terms of the expectations and you can also have your own style personality and sense of humor because now we're allowed to.
The nation that complacently and fearfully allows its artists and writers to become suspected rather than respected is no longer regarded as a nation possessed with humor or depth.
Having a sense of humor has served me more than it has hurt me - just in the sense that it has allowed me to keep my sanity.
So influenced by these advisors and this hope I have at length allowed my friends to publish the work as they had long besought me to do.
I am a beneficiary of the American people's generosity and I hope we can have comprehensive immigration legislation that allows this country to continue to be enriched by those who were not born here.
My restless roaming spirit would not allow me to remain at home very long.
Sleep more at night. If it's allowed at work or home take a nap in the afternoon. You'll be amazed at how much better you'll feel.
Fiction was invented the day Jonas arrived home and told his wife that he was three days late because he had been swallowed by a whale.
For those who have come here illegally they might have a transition time to allow them to set their affairs in order. And then go back home and get in line with everybody else. And if they get in line and they apply to become a citizen and get a green card they will be treated like everybody else.
If I were asked to name the chief benefit of the house I should say: the house shelters day-dreaming the house protects the dreamer the house allows one to dream in peace.