War will exist until that distant day

"War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today."

— John F. Kennedy, 35th US president (1917-1963)

no single language is capable

"The sum of human wisdom is not contained in any one language, and no single language is capable of expressing all forms and degrees of human comprehension."

— Ezra Pound, poet (1885-1972)

You can never understand one language

"You can never understand one language until you understand at least two."

— Ronald Searle, artist (b. 1920)

active and swift

"The lame man who keeps the right road outstrips the runner who takes a wrong one. The more active and swift the latter is, the further he will go astray."

— Francis Bacon, essayist, philosopher, and statesman (1561-1626)

a reasonably good place for all of us to live in

"This country will not be a permanently good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a reasonably good place for all of us to live in."

— Theodore Roosevelt, 26th US President (1858-1919)

price of seeking to force our beliefs on others

"I protect my right to be a Catholic by preserving your right to believe as a Jew, a Protestant, or non-believer, or as anything else you choose. We know that the price of seeking to force our beliefs on others is that they might some day force theirs on us."

— Mario Cuomo, 52nd Governor of New York (b. 1932)

tyranny of one language

"If you know only one language, you're a prisoner, stuck in the tyranny of that one language."

— Andrew Cohen, professor of linguistics (b. 1944)

The only gift is giving to the poor

"The only gift is giving to the poor;
All else is exchange."

— Thiruvalluvar, poet (c. 30 BCE)

economical numbers

"There are 10^11 stars in the galaxy. That used to be a huge number. But it's only a hundred billion. It's less than the national deficit! We used to call them astronomical numbers. Now we should call them economical numbers."

— Richard Feynman, physicist, Nobel laureate (1918-1988)