The sin against blood and race is the hereditary sin in this world and it brings disaster on every nation that commits it.
The applause is a celebration not only of the actors but also of the audience. It constitutes a shared moment of delight.
[Intellectual courage is] the quality that allows one to believe in one's judgement in the face of disappointment and widespread skepticism. Intellectual courage is even rarer than physical courage.
Our assessment of socio-economic worth is largely a sham. We scientists should not lend ourselves to it - though we routinely do. We should, instead, insist on applying the criterion of quality.
Idealism is the highest form of reason.
In education the appetite does indeed grow with eating. I have never known anyone to abandon study because they knew too much.
Authority in science exists to be questioned, since heresy is the spring from which new ideas flow.
Maybe you'll take the cash out. So a credit card company or a bank that goes into the business of saying we're going to be the broker, we're going to sell you a mortgage that you're going to be able to pay off, we're going to help you reduce your credit card debt, we're going to help you save for retirement, we're going to put you into mutual funds that have low fees rather than high fees.
It's not too bad when the sun's out, but the sun only comes out when it feels like coming out.
Teaching has always been, for me, linked to issues of social justice. I've never considered it a neutral or passive profession.
The Halifax area has long played a major role in Canada's military operations, being the port of departure for convoys, naval task forces and army units over the past 100 years or so.