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“We can certainly go further than cats, but why should it be that our brains are somehow so suited to the universe that our brains will be able to understand the deepest workings?”

Should Able Universe Brain Cat

Author:Brian Greene

“we should contract our ideas of education, and expect no more from it than it is able to perform.”

Should Ideas Able Education Contracts

Book:Anna Letitia Barbauld: Selected Poetry and Prose

Source: Anna Letitia Barbauld: Selected Poetry and Prose

“A story demanded to be written, and that is why I have not answered your letter before: a wrong-headed story, that would come blundering like a moth on my window, and stare in with small red eyes, and I the last writer in the world to manage such a subject. One should have more self-control. One should be able to say, Go away. You have come to the wrong inkstand, there is nothing for you here. But I am so weakminded that I cannot even say, Come next week.”

World Should Self Stories Eye Able Lasts Next Written Week Subjects Red Window Letters Should Have Manage Staring Going Away Self Control Next Week Moths Red Eye

Book:Letters

Source: Letters

“If sexuality means saying yes to life, then you should be able to remain sexual until the day you die.”

Ifs Should Mean Able Dies Sex Sexuality Saying Yes

Author:Susan Sarandon

“The one weapon every man, soldier, sailor, or airman should be able to use effectively is the rifle.”

Men Should Use Able Weapons Soldier Every Man Sailor Rifles Airmen Personal Safety

Author:Dwight D. Eisenhower

“The decimation of Lebanon was showing up in Chicago as a series of restaurants and little shops, just as the destruction of Vietnam had been visible here a decade earlier. If you never read the news but ate out a lot you should be able to tell who was getting beaten up around the world.”

Ifs World Should Littles Able News Destruction Series Decades Around The World Restaurants Visible Shops Chicago Vietnam Beaten Showing Up Lebanon

Book:Killing Orders

Source: Killing Orders

“The aggressor too should know that the preemptive use of nuclear weapons would not insure victory. With modern detection systems and the combat readiness of the Soviet Union's strategic nuclear forces, the United States would not be able to deal a crippling blow to the socialist countries. The aggressor will not be able to evade an all-crushing retaliatory strike.”

“When in company with literary women, make no allusions to 'learned ladies,' or 'blue stockings,' or express surprise that they should have any knowledge of housewifery, or needle-work, or dress; or that they are able to talk on 'common things.' It is rude and foolish and shows that you really know nothing about them, either as a class or as individuals.”

Knows Should Shows Able Individual Common Company Class Should Have Dresses Blue Surprise Foolish Rude Needles Allusion Stockings Common Things

Book:Miss Leslie's Behaviour Book: A Guide and Manual for Ladies as Regards Their Conversation; Manners; Dress; with Full Instructions and Advice in Letter Writing [!]; Receiving Presents; Incorrect Words

Source: Miss Leslie's Behaviour Book: A Guide and Manual for Ladies as Regards Their Conversation; Manners; Dress; with Full Instructions and Advice in Letter Writing [!]; Receiving Presents; Incorrect Words