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„Чтобы получить знания, нужно учиться; но чтобы обрести мудрость, нужно наблюдать.“

„Я думаю, что одной из проблем [с воспитанием умных детей в современном обществе] является обязательное школьное образование… и что дети сидят там, и их учат и говорят, во что верить; они пассивны с самого начала - и нужно быть очень, очень агрессивно интеллектуально, чтобы иметь высокий IQ […] ребенок с самого начала - это пассивный процесс. Он или она сидит там, и они просто пытаются верить всему, что им говорят?“

“To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.”

“Avoid using cigarettes, alcohol, and drugs as alternatives to being an interesting person.”

“If your head tells you one thing and your heart tells you another, before you do anything, you should first decide whether you have a better head or a better heart.”

“I believe that love--not imitation--is the sincerest form of flattery. Your imitator thinks that you can be duplicated; your lover knows you can't.”

“Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.”

“What women want is what men want. They want respect.”

“A fool is someone whose pencil wears out before its eraser does.”

“A good idea will keep you awake during the morning, but a great idea will keep you awake during the night.”

“The length of your education is less important than its breadth, and the length of your life is less important than its depth.”

“Think of a hypothesis as a card. A theory is a house made of hypotheses.”

“What is the essence of America? The essence of America is finding and maintaining that perfect, delicate balance between freedom "to" and freedom "from."”

“The original answer defines certain conditions, […] Anything else is a different question.”