“There are three intellectual pursuits, and, so far as I am aware, only three, in which human beings have performed major feats before the age of puberty. They are music, mathematics, and chess.” HumansAgeThreeHuman BeingsMajorsIntellectualMathematicsChessPursuitFeatsPuberty Book:George Steiner: A Reader Source: George Steiner: A Reader
“I don't believe in any form of unjustified extremism! But when a man is exercising extremism -- a human being is exercising extremism -- in defense of liberty for human beings it's no vice, and when one is moderate in the pursuit of justice for human beings I say he is a sinner.” MenBelieveHumansFormJusticeHuman BeingsLibertyExerciseDon't BelieveVicesDefensePursuitSinnerModeratesExtremismUnjustifiedPursuit Of Justice Book:By any means necessary Source: By any means necessary
“Fortunately for those who pay their court through such foibles, a fond mother, though, in pursuit of praise for her children, the most rapacious of human beings, is likewise the most credulous; her demands are exorbitant; but she will swallow any thing.” HumansChildrenMotherHuman BeingsPayDemandPraiseCourtPursuitFoibles Author:Jane Austen