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VIOLENCE
1.The violence in society, I'm afraid, is perpetrated by the people at the top.
Rob Walton
3.I think that movies or other media may be able to provide the spark for anxiety and
consequent violent acting out by teens, although I'm quite skeptical about movies doing
this in the absence of other triggers
Jay Reeve
5.You have to show violence the way it is. If you don't show it realistically, then that's
immoral and harmful. If you don't upset people, then that's obscenity.
Roman Polanski
7.I also think there's correlation between violence and drug use, alcohol abuse, and lack
of parental love. There's a lot of reasons why we have violence in our society.
George W Bush
8.We will not allow violence to change our society and values.
Tony Blair
2.YOUTH OF TODAY
3.I see no hope for the future of our people if they are dependent on the frivolous youth
of today, for certainly all youth are reckless beyond words. When I was a boy, we were
taught to be discrete and respectful of elders, but the present youth are exceedingly wise
and impatient of restraint.
Hesiod
4.Some people regard discipline as a chore. For me, it is a kind of order that sets me free
to fly.
Julie Andrews
5.What should young people do with their lives today? Many things, obviously. But the
most daring thing is to create stable communities in which the terrible disease of
loneliness can be cured.
Kurt Vonnegut Junior
6.Young people are fitter to invent than to judge; fitter for execution than for counsel; and
more fit for new projects than for settled business.
Francis Bacon
7.It is the sin of the soul to force young people into opinions - indoctrination is of the
devil - but it is culpable neglect not to impel young people into experiences.
Kurt Hahn
3.SCIENTIFIC ADVANCES
1.Basic research is like shooting an arrow into the air and, where it lands, painting a
target.
Homer Adkins
2.I have yet to see any problem, however complicated, which, when you looked at it the
right way, did not become still more complicated.
Paul Alderson
3.The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not
"Eureka!" but rather "hmm....that's funny..."
Isaac Asimov
5.In Science the credit goes to the man who convinces the world, not to the man to whom
the idea first occurs.
Francis Darwin
6.All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover
them.
Galileo
3.I know that the moms and dads across the country are in agony about the fate of their
child. And my message to them is, is that there is research going on and hopefully we'll
find the cure. But at the same time, it's important in the society to balance ethics and
science.
George Bush
4.The decision will be a political one; it won't be one about planning - and it certainly
won't be one about science or ethics.
Anonymous
5.Nanotechnology should not have to wear the ethical issues of technology as a whole.
Peter Binks
2.Our effect on the environment, and in particular on climate change, is large and
growing.
Tony Blair
3.It is virtually certain that increasing atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide and
other greenhouse gases will cause global surface climate to be warmer.
American Geophysical Union
6.INSPIRING QUOTES
1. Every body continues in its state of rest, or of uniform motion in a right line,
unless it is compelled to change that state by forces impressed upon it. Laws of
Motion I
Isaac Newton
3.To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction; or, the mutual
actions of two bodies upon each other are always equal, and directed to contrary
parts Laws of Motion III
Isaac Newton
4.The Bible shows the way to go to heaven, not the way the heavens go. [Having
proposed the heliocentric world view]
Galileo Galilei
5.I sometimes ask myself how it came about that I was the one to develop the
theory of relativity. The reason, I think, is that a normal adult never stops to think
about space and time. My intellectual development was retarded, as a result of
which I began to wonder about space and time only when I had grown up.
Albert Einstein
6.It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that
survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change. [Darwin came up with
the theory of evolution by natural selection]
Charles Darwin
2.The bigger the information media, the less courage and freedom they allow. Bigness
means weakness.
Eric Sevareid
3.I'm not sure black folks fully understand the power that media has in our life. We are
becoming who they portray us as being. We've allowed ourselves to become a collection
of negative statistics. Simon says dress like a gangster, and we do. I'm amazed by what I
see on television or in the movies. I'm saying, either I overslept or someone stole my
culture
Tim Reid
4.TV is the most powerful thing that has ever been invented
Ozzy Osbourne
5.No first world country has ever managed to eliminate so entirely from its media all
objectivity — much less dissent.
Gore Vidal
8.OBESITY IN SOCIETY
Exercise is one of the best ways in preventing the rapid growth of obesity in America.
Lee Haney
More than ever, we as parents and a nation must do something about the growth of
obesity in our children. We must do more than just talk, we must be concerned enough to
act.
Lee Haney
Obesity among young Americans is a serious problem that can have serious ramifications
in the long run.
Virgina Foxx
I've spent two years being politically correct about parents, but it's time to say, if you're
giving your young kids fizzy drinks then you're an ars*hole and a tosser.
Jamie Oliver
If you give them [kids] bags of crisps you're an idiot. If you are not cooking them a hot
meal sort it out. If these people truly care they have got to take control.
Jamie Oliver
I've seen kids aged four open a lunchbox with a cold, half-eaten McDonald's, multiple
bags of crisps and a tin of Red Bull. You laugh and then you want to cry.
Jamie Oliver
Three quarters of diabetics are Type 2 diabetics, and two thirds of them have a disease
which could be preventable with exercise, diet and more healthy choices.
Tony Blair
9.PEER PRESSURE
Rarely do schools acknowledge the power of peer culture in defining standards, and
rarely do they take advantage of this power as an engine for quality.
Mr Berger
Either you change your mind, succumbing to peer pressure and adopting the new memes
as your own, or you struggle with the extremely uncomfortable feeling of being
surrounded by people who think you're crazy or inadequate.
Richard Brodie
Talk to your children about peer pressure. Explain what a powerful force it can be, and
tell them that you will never accept the excuse that "Everyone did it"!
Tom McMahon
10.GLOBAL WARMING
The facts are there that we have created, man has, a self-inflicted wound through global
warming.
Arnold Schwarzenegger
America has not led but fled on the issue of global warming.
John Kerry
Global warming has melted the polar ice caps, raised the levels of the oceans and flooded
the earth's great cities. Despite its evident prosperity, New Jersey is scarcely Utopia.
Godfried Danneels
While human-induced global warming is not going to turn present-day Earth into present-
day Mars, global warming is dire enough that our most distinguished scientists recently
concluded that as many as 1 million species on the planet could be extinct by 2050 if
affairs do not change.
Jay Inslee
The Internet is the most important single development in the history of human
communication since the invention of call waiting.
Dave Barry
Nowadays, anyone who cannot speak English and is incapable of using the Internet is
regarded as backward
Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud
They say a year in the Internet business is like a dog year.. equivalent to seven years in a
regular person's life. In other words, it's evolving fast and faster.
Vinton Cerf
Information technology and business are becoming inextricably interwoven. I don't think
anybody can talk meaningfully about one without the talking about the other.
Bill Gates
There is so much media now with the Internet and people, and so easy and so cheap to
start a newspaper or start a magazine, there’s just millions of voices and people want to
be heard.
Rupert Murdoch
12.CORRUPTION IN POLITICS
It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's more true that power attracts the
corruptible.
David Brin
Money and Corruption Are ruining the land Crooked politicians Betray the working man
Pocketing the profits And treating us like sheep And we're tired of hearing promises That
we know they'll never keep
Ray Davies
Communism has never come to power in a country that was not disrupted by war or
corruption, or both
J F Kennedy
I will cut out the cancer of bent and twisted journalism with the simple sword of truth.
[classic 'come back to haunt you' quote of the decade]
Jonathan Aitken
I think it was a spin that was not acceptable. They put exclamation marks where there had
been question marks and I think that is hyping, a spin, that leads the public to the wrong
conclusions
Hans Blix, On A Dossier Into Arms Capabilities Of Iraq
I think it was a spin that was not acceptable. They put exclamation marks where there had
been question marks and I think that is hyping, a spin, that leads the public to the wrong
conclusions
Hans Blix, On A Dossier Into Arms Capabilities Of Iraq
13.EDUCATIONS AND EXAMS
It's essentially a timid bill with hidden dangers because instead of building a radical fresh
agenda for reform for the 21st century, the 11th bill on education from this Labour
Government looks back 20 years for its ideas instead of forward
Sarah Teather
These are Tory proposals. You can dance on the head of a pin about whether these are
grant maintained schools mark two or not but the reality is that's exactly what they are
Phil Willis
Spinning a set of proposals to curry favour with the Daily Mail and patronising the hell
out of Labour MPs is an interesting but ill-advisable political tactic and I trust that
ministers have learnt from it
Martin Salter
It can't all be down to better teaching, greater dedication, more intelligent students [on
children getting better exam results]
Chris Woodhead, Former Chief Inspector Of Schools
Ofsted report that we have got the best generation of teachers ever
David Miliband
A lot of effort goes into trying to keep the standards constant from year to year. It is
simply that the candidates are doing better and better.
David Miliband
They have been outperforming boys at GCSE, A level and in university for years. But
now girls are doing better at work too: earning more than boys in the first eight years of
their careers
Gabriel Rozenberg
We have to challenge some of the hippy tendencies of the Left on youth activities.
Actually what works is structure, discipline, uniform and hierarchy
Richard Darlington
BEST QUOTES
Look before you leap
Favourite quote because: I heard this alot when i was groeing up
- Iain
' Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be
beautiful' William Morris
Favourite quote because: It stops me from hoarding rubbish or items I used to think might
be used or needed at a later date!
- Debz
"democracy isn't perfect and freedom isn't everywhere - but we never had to builsd
a wall to keep our people in" - JFK
Favourite quote because: It put into perspective the criticism of the west - especially the
criticism from the west of it's own systems of government
- David
Better to remain silent and appear a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all
doubt
Favourite quote because: There are way, way too many ill thought out, ill considered
opinions offered on any given subject
- Gordon
Many hands make light work don.t put all your eggs in one basket
Favourite quote because: It reminds me when my children were young i used to say it to
get them to help but it never worked the second one my late gran would say i always
thought it meant you needed 2 baskets
- Yvonne
Bill Hicks: Wouldn't you like to see a positive LSD story on the news? To hear what
it's all about, perhaps? Wouldn't that be interesting? Just for once? "Today, a
young man on acid realized that all matter is merely energy condensed to a slow
vibration … that we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively.
There's no such thing as death, life is only a dream, and we're the imagination of
ourselves. Here's Tom with the weather."
Favourite quote because: It is funny and uplifting. He had a brilliant mind and was very
wise for his years.
- Christina
Here are more of your best quotes and the reasons why they are your favourite quotes:
Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory. Albert Schweitzer
Top quote because: Because he was spot on with his quote as it is so true
- Lisa
"You see, it's like I've always said: 'You can get more with a kind word and a two-
by-four than you can with just a kind word.' Please, continue." From two
characters in tv Series Babylon 5
Top quote because: It always makes me chuckle inside.
- Ian
Try for a goal that's reasonable, then gradually raise it. Emil Zatopek
Top quote because: It tell us if we try to do something to difficult we may find it
impossible but if we try for something we can achieve then we can succeed. Once we
have done that we can raise our goals and so achieve more that we thought we could.
- Ian
Never put off to tomorrow what you can do today - because if you enjoy doing it
today you can do it again tomorrow.
Top quote because: Life is shorter than we think - we should have as much enjoyment as
we can and not be afraid to try new things.
- Hazel
Ye carabanga
Top quote because: My daughter says it when excited
- Michelle
People who swear are either too ignorant to express themselves properly or too lazy
to find the proper expressions.
Top quote because: I Hate the modern way of swearing without thinking!
- Roy
"Age does not protect you from love. But love, to some extent. protects you from
age." Anais Nin
Best quote because: Because, judging from my own experience , this quote contains a lot
of truth !
- Laura
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams
Best quote because: Because if you don't have a dream or a goal in life you will never get
to find out if you have achieved it in life,and you should always look to better yourself
- Graham
George Bush Snr (the intelligent one!): "Read my lips: no new taxes"
Best quote because: Six little words which should serve as a warning to anyone who's
thinking of trusting a politician!
- Geoff
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't
do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe
harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. Mark Twain
"It's good food and not fine words that keeps me alive". Moliere (1672)
Best quote because: Over 300 years on, and this still holds true.
- Judy
People who make history know nothing about history. You can see that in the sort of
history that they make. Gilbert Chesterton
Best quote because: I like this quote so much as it applies so well, in my opinion, to the
days that we are living in now. Major leaders have major decisions to make but seem not
to look back at history in any way to learn from it and to avoid making the same mistakes
their predecessors made. Then again, then quote that 'history repeats itself' wouldn't have
any truth in it if people actually learned lessons from the past!
- Deirdre
There is an art, it says, or rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how
to throw yourself at the ground and miss. - Douglas Adams
Best quote because: It's amusing becusde it sounds so simple and obvious.
- Michelle
The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. (Oscar Wilde)
Best quote because: A philosophy as well as a quote!
- Iona
Ill be back
Best quote because: For Arnold said it
- Joanne
There are 10 people that understand binary - those that do & those that don't.
Best quote because: If you get it yopu'll understand why
- Ronnie
Dream as if you will live forever.... Live as if you will die tommorro. James Dean.
Best quote because: Because its so true- Life is for living, for going out there and "doing
it"
- Phil
It's better to regret something you did rather than regret something you didnt do
Best quote because: Because it is soooo true!
- Joanne
"Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose"Kris Kristoffeson as sung by
Janis Joplin
Best quote because: It describes how I define my life.
- Peter
"there's no success like failure and failure's no success at all" Bob Dylan.
Best quote because: It still keeps me puzzling as to what it means.
- Ethel
Kids are like farts. You can just about tolerate your own
Best quote because: Its true
- Stephen
Christmas at my house is always at least six or seven times more pleasant than
anywhere else. We start drinking early. And while everyone else is seeing only one
Santa Claus, we'll be seeing six or seven. wc Fields
Best quote because: A seasonal one of all his totally nonPC quotes
- IAN
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity......and I'm not sure
about the former.
Best quote because: Its by Albert Einstein, & its quite funny!
- Matt
Never has so much been owed to so few-churchill If thats true my ..... a kipper-dad
A week is a long time in politics Some chicken-some neck!-Churchill
Best quote because: Means a lot for those who gave theri lives for us Always makes me
smile Clever retort in a difficult situation Gave strength to the people when they needed it
- Stephen
Pain is tempory it may last a minute / hr / day or year, but if I quit the pain lasts
forever
Best quote because: If you do not try you will always live with regreats
- Pete
"I never get lost...I just change where it is that I want to go." - Rita Rudner -
Best quote because: Its just so posititve - instead of complaining about how we have gone
wrong - look at it a different way and put a positive spin on it!
- Julie
It's not the winning that matters, it's the taking part.
Best quote because: I like to tun it around for my comping mantra!!
- Sara
''Live Every Day As If It's Going To Be Your Last, Because One Day You'll Be
Right''
Best quote because: Because it's the truth, lol.
- Jayne
I would rather have had one breath of her hair, onekiss from her mouth, one touch
of her hand than an eternity without. One
Best quote because: Because when I heard this for the first time, it leapt in my mind that I
hope my daughters find love like this!
- Cindy
Dont wait for your ship to come in, swim out to meet it
Best quote because: Its positve and encouraging
- Mandy
Lady Astors remark to Winston Churchill sir you are drunk Winston replied ,Lady
Astor you are ugly ,but I will be sober in the morning
Best quote because: I THINK IT IS THE PERFECT PUT DOWN FOR LADY ASTOR
WHO WAS A SNOB
- Veronica
Got to be in it to win it
Best quote because: Well - yeeah (logical really)
- Lorraine
The talent for being happy is appreciating and liking what you have, instead of what
you don't have Woody Allen
Best quote because: It is easy to remember and a great mantra to live by
- Ann
It's not the men in my life, it's the life in my men (Mae West)
Best quote because: It sums up the spirit of the woman and always makes me smile
- Phil
A smile costs nothing but gives so much. It enriches those who receive, without
making poorer those who give.
Best quote because: Its such a simple quote from a poem but i think its really powerful
esp if you read the whol poem. It really is so lovely.
- Margaret
1 what goes around comes around 2 You reap what you sow
Best quote because: 1 Because i'm a firm believer if somebody does you wrong it will
come back to haunt them ten fold. 2 You get out what you put in. as in hard work.
- Kay
Keep love in your heart because life without it is like being in a garden where the
sun never shines and all the flowers are dead.
Best quote because: It took me nearly fifty years to find true love and now I need to put
sunglasses on whenever I go out into the garden because the sun is always shining for me
now.
- Peter
"I dont mean to sound vicious cold and cruel - but I am. So I do" bill hicks
Best quote because: An antidote to polital correctness
- Rachel