#led

The improver of natural knowledge absolutely refuses to acknowledge authority, as such. For him, skepticism is the highest of duties; blind faith the one unpardonable sin. ↗

— Thomas Huxley

#acknowledge #authority #blind #blind faith #duties

The medieval university looked backwards; it professed to be a storehouse of old knowledge. The modern university looks forward, and is a factory of new knowledge. ↗

— Thomas Huxley

#factory #forward #knowledge #looked #looks

The general revolt of a Nation cannot be called a Rebellion. ↗

— Algernon Sidney

#cannot #general #nation #rebellion #revolt

But there is no obvious reason for holding that some normal adults are entitled to make choices for other normal adults, as paternalists of both left and right believe. ↗

— Tom G. Palmer

#both #choices #entitled #holding #left

There is no substitute for accurate knowledge. Know yourself, know your business, know your men. ↗

— Lee Iacocca

#business #know #know yourself #knowledge #men

I was one of I think three white girls in my school. So, I was very much an outsider. And plus I was Jewish and all of my friends were black and Baptist because they listen to the coolest music. We were all listening to Ray Charles and what was then called race music. ↗

— Janis Ian

#because #black #called #charles #coolest

Look into any man's heart you please, and you will always find, in every one, at least one black spot which he has to keep concealed. ↗

— Henrik Ibsen

#any #black #concealed #every #find

One of my very greatest fears as a child was being ridiculed in public. And there it was coming true. As a television presenter, I'd been respected. People come up to you in the street and shake your hand and talk to you in a respectful way. ↗

— David Icke

#being #child #come #coming #fears

There's intense national feeling in America that could be called patriotism. ↗

— Michael Ignatieff

#america #called #could #feeling #intense

Many people believe that they are attracted by God, or by Nature, when they are only repelled by man. ↗

— William Ralph Inge

#believe #god #man #many #nature