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Nabokov, Vladimir : Life is a great surprise. I do not see why death should not be an even greater one. (Vladimir Nabokov, Russian-born novelist, poet, translator and entomologist, 1899-1977)

Nader, Ralph : A society that has more justice is a society that needs less charity. (Ralph Nader, U.S. activist, author, speaker, and attorney, Born 1934)

Nader, Ralph : A society that has more justice is a society that needs less charity. (Ralph Nader, U.S. activist, author, speaker, and attorney, Born 1934)

Nanjiani, Kumail : Ethics in technology is essential in the decades to come. (Kumail Nanjiani, Pakistani-American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and podcast host., Born 1978)

Nash, Ogden : Some tortures are physical / And some are mental, / But the one that is both / Is dental. (Ogden Nash, U.S. poet well known for his light verse, 1902-1971)

Nash, Ogden : People who work sitting down generally get paid more than people who work standing up. (Ogden Nash, U.S. poet well known for his light and humorous verse,1902-1971)

Nash, Ogden : The door of a bigoted mind opens outwards so that the only result of the pressure of facts upon it is to close it more snugly. (Ogden Nash, U.S. poet well known for his light verse, 1902-1971)

Nash, Ogden : Old age begins the day your descendants outnumber your friends. (Ogden Nash, U.S. poet well known for his light verse, 1902-1971)

Nash, Ogden : Some people's money is merited and other people's is inherited. (Ogden Nash, U.S. poet well known for his light verse, 1902-1971)

Nash, Ogden : There is only one way to achieve happiness on this terrestrial ball, and that is to have either a clear conscience or none at all. (Ogden Nash, U.S. poet well known for his light verse, 1902-1971)

Nathan, George Jean : Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote. (George Jean Nathan, U.S. drama critic, author, and editor of literary magazines, 1882-1958)

Native, Such As : Reading print is one form of literacy, but there are many types of literacy. Some indigenous groups (such as native Americanscan read the clouds, or Pacific Islanders are said to be able to read the waves and swells of the ocean. (Nikki Giovanni, U.S. poet, writer, activist, and educator, Born 1943)

Needham, Richard J. : People are like birds - from a distance, beautiful: from close up, those sharp beaks, those beady little eyes. (Richard J. Needham, Canadian humor columnist, 1912-1996)

Needham, Richard J. : You don't marry one person; you marry three: the person you think they are, the person they are, and the person they are going to become as the result of being. (Richard J. Needham, Canadian humor columnist, 1912-1996)

Needham, Richard J. : When money is seen as a solution for every problem, money itself becomes the problem. (Richard J. Needham, Canadian humor columnist, 1912-1996)

Nehru, Jawaharal : The forces in a capitalist society, if left unchecked, tend to make the rich richer and the poor poorer. (Jawaharal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India as a secular democratic republic who was a central figure in Indian politics before and after independence, 1889-1964)

Nehru, Jawaharal : Life is like a game of cards. The hand that is dealt you represents determinism. The way you play it is free will. (Jawaharal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India as a secular democratic republic who was a central figure in Indian politics before and after independence, 1889-1964)

Newman, Andrea : I love the male body; it’s better designed than the male mind. (Andrea Newman, English author and teacher, Born 1938)

Newman, Cardinal : To live is to change, and to be growing is to have changed often. (Cardinal Newman, Anglican priest, poet, theologian, and later a Catholic cardinal, 1801-1890)

Newton, Isaac : If I have seen farther, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants. (Isaac Newton, English mathematician, physicist, astronomer, theologian, and author who is widely recognized as one of the most influential scientists of all time, and a key figure in the scientific revolution, 1642-1727)

Newton, Isaac : If I have seen farther than others, it is because I have stood on the shoulders of giants. (Isaac Newton, British physicist, mathematician, and philosopher, 1642-1727)

Newton, Isaac : Men build too many walls and not enough bridges. (Isaac Newton, British physicist, mathematician, and philosopher, 1642-1727)

Newton, Isaac : If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been owing more to patient observation than to any other reason. (Isaac Newton, British physicist, mathematician, and philosopher, 1642-1727)

Newton, Isaac : Men build too many walls and not enough bridges. (Isaac Newton, British physicist, mathematician, and philosopher, 1642-1727)

Niebuhr, Reinhold : O God, give us serenity to accept what cannot be changed; courage to change what should be changed; and wisdom to distinguish the one from the other. (Reinhold Niebuhr, U.S. theologian, ethicist, commentator on politics and public affairs, and professor who received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1892-1971)

Niebuhr, Reinhold : Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible; but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary. (Reinhold Niebuhr, U.S. theologian, ethicist, commentator on politics and public affairs, and professor who received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1892-1971)

Niebuhr, Reinhold : The role of religion should be to inculcate a sense not of infallibility but of humility. (Reinhold Niebuhr, U.S. theologian, ethicist, commentator on politics and public affairs, and professor who received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1892-1971)

Niebuhr, Rheinhold : Man’s capacity for justice makes democracy possible; but man’s inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary. (Rheinhold Niebuhr, U.S. theologian, ethicist, public affairs commentator, and professor, 1892-1971)

Niebuhr, Reinhold : The role of religion should be to inculcate a sense not of infallibility but of humility. (Reinhold Niebuhr, U.S. theologian, ethicist, commentator on politics and public affairs, and professor who received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1892-1971)

Niebuhr, Reinhold : Man's capacity for evil makes democracy necessary and man's capacity for good makes democracy possible. (Reinhold Niebuhr, U.S. theologian, ethicist, commentator on politics and public affairs, and professor who received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1892-1971)

Niebuhr, Reinhold : Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible; but man's inclination to injustice makesdemocracy necessary. (Reinhold Niebuhr, U.S. theologian, ethicist, commentator on politics and public affairs, and professor who received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1892-1971)

Niemoller, Martin : First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out - for I was not a socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists and I did not speak out - for I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for the Jews and I did not speak out because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me - and there was no one left to speak out. (Martin Niemoller, German anti-Nazi theologian and Lutheran pastor, 1892-1984)

Niemoller, Martin : First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out - for I was not a socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists and I did not speak out - for I was not a trade unionist.Then they came for the Jews and I did not speak out because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me - and there was no one left to speak out. (Martin Niemoller, German anti-Nazi theologian and Lutheran pastor, 1892-1984)

Niemoller, Martin : First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out - for I was not a socialistThen they came for the trade unionists and I did not speak out - for I was not a trade unionistThen they came for the Jews and I did not speak out because I was not a JewThen they came for me - and there was no one left to speak out. (Martin Niemoller, German anti-Nazi theologian and Lutheran pastor, 1892-1984)

Niemoller, Martin : First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out - for I was not a socialistThen they came for the trade unionists and I did not speak out - for I was not a trade unionistThen they came for the Jews and I did not speak out because I was not a JewThen they came for me - and there was no one left to speak out. (Martin Niemoller, German anti-Nazi theologian and Lutheran pastor, 1892-1984)

Nietsche, Friedrich : Those who have a why or what to live for can bear almost any how. (Friedrich Nietsche, German philosopher, cultural critic, poet, philologist, and Latin and Greek scholar, 1844-1900)

Nietsche, Friedrich : The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself. (Friedrich Nietsche, German philosopher, cultural critic, poet, philologist, and Latin and Greek scholar, 1844-1900)

Nietsche, Friedrich : Love your enemies because they bring out the best in you. (Friedrich Nietsche, German philosopher, cultural critic, poet, philologist, and Latin and Greek scholar, 1844-1900)

Nietsche, Friedrich : Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful. (Friedrich Nietsche, German philosopher, cultural critic, poet, philologist, and Latin and Greek scholar, 1844-1900)

Nietsche, Friedrich : I understand by 'freedom of spirit' something quite definite - the unconditional will to say ‘No’, where it is dangerous to say ‘No’. (Friedrich Nietsche, German philosopher, cultural critic, poet, philologist, and Latin and Greek scholar, 1844-1900)

Nietsche, Friedrich : The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently. (Friedrich Nietsche, German philosopher, cultural critic, poet, philologist, and Latin and Greek scholar, 1844-1900)

Nietsche, Friedrich : For every man there exists a bait which he cannot resist swallowing. (Friedrich Nietsche, German philosopher, cultural critic, poet, philologist, and Latin and Greek scholar, 1844-1900)

Nietsche, Friedrich : No one can build you a bridge on which you, and only you, must cross the river of life. (Friedrich Nietsche, German philosopher, cultural critic, poet, philologist, and Latin and Greek scholar, 1844-1900)

Nietsche, Friedrich : What was silent in the father speaks in the son, and often I found in the son the unveiled secret of the father. (Friedrich Nietsche, German philosopher, cultural critic, poet, philologist, and Latin and Greek scholar, 1844-1900)

Nietsche, Friedrich : The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently. (Friedrich Nietsche, German philosopher, cultural critic, poet, philologist, and Latin and Greek scholar, 1844-1900)

Nietsche, Friedrich : Man is something that shall be surpassed. What have you done to surpass him? (Friedrich Nietsche, German philosopher, cultural critic, poet, philologist, and Latin and Greek scholar, 1844-1900)

Nietsche, Friedrich : On the mountains of truth you can never climb in vain: either you will reach a point higher up today, or you will be training your powers so that you will be able to climb higher tomorrow. (Friedrich Nietsche, German philosopher, cultural critic, poet, philologist, and Latin and Greek scholar, 1844-1900)

Nietsche, Friedrich : He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how. (Friedrich Nietsche, German philosopher, cultural critic, poet, philologist, and Latin and Greek scholar, 1844-1900)

Nietsche, Friedrich : One must pay dearly for immortality; one has to die several times while still alive. (Friedrich Nietsche, German philosopher, cultural critic, poet, philologist, and Latin and Greek scholar, 1844-1900)

Nietsche, Friedrich : The advantage of a bad memory is that one enjoys several times the same good thing for the first time. (Friedrich Nietsche, German philosopher, cultural critic, poet, philologist, and Latin and Greek scholar, 1844-1900)

Nietsche, Friedrich : It is not the strength, but the duration, of great sentiments that makes great men. (Friedrich Nietsche, German philosopher, cultural critic, poet, philologist, and Latin and Greek scholar, 1844-1900)

Nietsche, Friedrich : There are no eternal facts, as there are no absolute truths. (Friedrich Nietsche, German philosopher, cultural critic, poet, philologist, and Latin and Greek scholar, 1844-1900)

Nietsche, Friedrich : �You must have uncertainty confusion, chaoswithin you to give birth to a dancing star. (Friedrich Nietsche, German philosopher, cultural critic, poet, philologist, and Latin and Greek scholar, 1844-1900)

Nietsche, Friedrich : The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. (Friedrich Nietsche, German philosopher, cultural critic, poet, philologist, and Latin and Greek scholar, 1844-1900)

Nietsche, Friedrich : In Heaven, all the interesting people are missing. (Friedrich Nietsche, German philosopher, cultural critic, poet, philologist, and Latin and Greek scholar, 1844-1900)

Nietsche, Friedrich : Hope is the worst of evils, for it prolongs the torments of man. (Friedrich Nietsche, German philosopher, cultural critic, poet, philologist, and Latin and Greek scholar, 1844-1900)

Nietzsche, Friedrich : What does not destroy me, makes me strong. (Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher, cultural critic, poet, philologist, and Latin and Greek scholar, 1844-1900)

Nightingale, Florence : How very little can be done under the spirit of fear. (Florence Nightingale, English social reformer and statistician, and the founder of modern nursing, 1820-1910)

Nightingale, Florence : The very first requirement in a hospital is that it should do the sick no harm. (Florence Nightingale, English social reformer and statistician, and the founder of modern nursing, 1820-1910)

Nin, Anais : There are many ways to be free. One of them is to transcend reality by imagination. (Anais Nin, French-born novelist, 1903-1977)

Nin, Anais : And the day came when the risk it took to remain tight inside the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. (Anais Nin, French-born novelist, 1903-1977)

Nizer, Louis : True religion is the life we lead, not the creed we profess. (Louis Nizer, U.S. lawyer, author, artist, lecturer, and advisor to those in the worlds of politics, business, and entertainment, 1902-1994)

Norris, Kathleen : In any free society, the conflict between social conformity and individual liberty is permanent, unresolvable, and necessary. (Kathleen Norris, U.S. novelist and columnist, 1880-1966)

Norris, Kathleen : The power to define the situation is the ultimate power. (Jerry Rubin, U.S. activist and author, 1938-1994Freedom: In any free society, the conflict between social conformity and individual liberty is permanent, unresolvable, and necessary. (Kathleen Norris, U.S. novelist and columnist, 1880-1966)

Nowlan, Alden : The day the child realizes that all adults are imperfect, he becomes an adolescent; the day he forgives them, he becomes an adult; the day he forgives himself, he becomes wise. (Alden Nowlan, Canadian poet, novelist, and playwright, 1933-1983)

Nye, Joseph : If even one percent of our defense budget were given to diplomacy, it would quadruple the amount we are currently spending on diplomacy. (Joseph Nye, U.S. political scientist, author of Soft Power, Born 1937)