“Programs like 'Jeopardy' and 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire' are ridiculous. They're the stupidest shows in history. They're making us dumber. They don't give us information, they give us facts, factoids. You don't learn who Napoleon was and how he was motivated. You learn what year he was born, and when he died. That's useless.” WantGivingYearsFactsShowsBornInformationProgramDiedRidiculousUselessMotivatedMillionaireJeopardyStupidest Author:Ray Bradbury
“To the present writer a careful study of the facts now available seems to leave no doubt that civilization was born at the southeast corner of the Mediterranean.” FactsSeemsBornStudyDoubtCivilizationCarefulCornersAvailableNo Doubt Author:James Henry Breasted
“Eternal is the fact that the human creature born in Ireland and brought up in its air is Irish. I have lived for twenty years in Ireland and for seventy-two in England; but the twenty came first and in Britain I am still a foreigner and shall die one.” YearsFirstsHumansStillsTwoFactsDiesBornAirCreaturesEternalEnglandTwentiesBritainIrelandSeventiesForeignersBeing IrishIreland And The Irish Author:George Bernard Shaw
“Having embraced Islam, I felt as if I were born again! I found in Islam the answers to those queries which I had failed to find in Christianity. Particularly, it was only Islam that provided satisfactory answer to the question relating to the birth of Christ. For the first time I was convinced about the religion itself. I pray my family members might appreciate these facts.” IfsFirstsFactsMightFoundFeltChristBornAnswersChristianityPrayingBirthMembersFirst TimeAppreciateMy FamilyIslamConvincedI PrayBorn AgainFamily MembersQueries Author:Jermaine Jackson
“No one should feel at all offended or threatened by the obvious fact that we are not all born entirely blank, or entirely the same, in our mixture of the broad behavioral propensities defining what we call "temperament".” FeelsShouldFactsBornObviousBroadsBlankThreatenedOffendedTemperamentMixturesDefiningPropensity Author:Stephen Jay Gould
“While we only look at Nature it is fair to say that Autumn is the end of the year; but it is still more true that Autumn is the beginning of the year.... Autumn is the time when in fact the leaves bud. Leaves wither because winter begins; but they also wither because spring is already beginning, because new buds are being made, as tiny as percussion caps out of which the spring will crack.... It is only an optical illusion that my flowers die in autumn; for in reality they are born.” YearsLooksMadeStillsEndsFactsRealityDiesBornFlowerSpringIllusionFairsWinterTinyAutumnCracksCapsBudPercussionOptical Illusions Author:Karel Capek
“God, a born extremist, is the diplomat's worst enemy. Quite apart from the fact that His decrees are irrevocable, the Absolute will not allow anyone to relativize matters.” MatterFactsBornEnemyWorstAbsolutesExtremistDecreeWorst EnemyDiplomatsIrrevocable Author:Regis Debray
“I have been, or seemed, hard with everyone because I was carried away by a sort of brutality born of my distrust in myself and my ill-humor. I have felt so badly equipped, so soft, in spite of the fact that my attitude towards art seemed to me so just. I was disgusted with everyone, and especially myself.” Has BeensArtHardFactsFeltBornAttitudeIllSpiteDistrustBrutalityMy AttitudeCarried AwayDisgusted Author:Edgar Degas
“We must face the bitter fact that we have forsaken our great dream of a life of, for, and by the people; that the burning passions and ideals of the American dream lie congealed by cold cynicism. Great parts of the masses of our people no longer believe that they have a voice or a hand in shaping the destiny of this nation. They have not forsaken democracy because of any desire or positive action of their own; they have been driven down into the depths of a great despair born of frustration, hopelessness, and apathy. A democracy lacking in popular participation dies of paralysis.” PeopleBelieveHas BeensFactsDreamHandsActionAmericaFacesLyingDesireDiesPassionNationsVoiceBornDestinyDemocracyColdDespairMassIdealsDepthDrivenBitterBurningFrustrationApathyCynicismAmerican DreamLackingParticipationHopelessnessParalysisForsakenBurning Passion Author:Saul Alinsky
“I was born to be an explorer. There never was any decision to make. I coudn't be anything else and be happy,the desire to see new places, to discover new facts- the curiosity of life always has been a resistless driving force to me.” Has BeensFactsDesireForceBornDecisionCuriosityDrivingExplorersDriving ForceNew Places Author:Roy Chapman Andrews
“You often hear attacks on international adoption as robbing a child of his or her culture, and that's both true and false. It's true that an internationally adopted child loses the rich background of history and religion and culture and language that the child was born into, but the cruel fact is that most children don't have access to the local, beautiful culture within an orphanage.” ChildrenFactsBeautifulCultureLanguageBornLosesRichInternationalAccessBackgroundsLocalsAdoptionAdoptedRobbingOrphanageTrue And FalseCulture And LanguageAdopted Children Author:Melissa Fay Greene