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Macarthur, Douglas : You are remembered for the rules you break. (Douglas MacArthur, U.S. five-star General who played a prominent role in the Pacific theater during World War II, 1880-1964)

Macaulay, Thomas : The liberty of discussion is the chief safeguard of all other liberties. (Thomas Macaulay, British historian, author, and politician, 1800-1859)

Macaulay, Thomas : Shakespeare has had neither equal nor second. (Thomas Macaulay, British historian, author, and politician, 1800-1859)

Macaulay, Thomas : The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out. (Thomas Macaulay, British historian, author, and politician, 1800-1859)

Macaulay, Thomas : The object of oratory alone is not truth, but persuasion. (Thomas Macaulay, British historian, author, and politician, 1800-1859)

Macewan, Norman : I do believe there is many a tear in the heart that never reaches the eyes. (Norman MacEwan, U.S. writer, Born 1943))

Mackay, Charles : In nature, there is no such thing as death. From each sad moment of decay, some forms of life arise. (Charles Mackay, Scottish poet, journalist, author, anthologist, novelist, and songwriter, 1814-1889)

Maclaine, Shirley : The more I travel, the more I realize that fear makes strangers of people who should be friends. (Shirley MacLaine, U.S. film, television and theater actress, singer, dancer, activist and author, Born 1934)

Maclaine, Shirley : When traveling, you learn who you are, and are not, when you're splashed up against a foreign environment. (Shirley MacLaine, U.S. film, television and theater actress, singer, dancer, activist and author, Born 1934)

Macy, Joanna : The forests are my lungs outside the body. (Joanna Macy, U.S. environmental activist, author, scholar of Buddhism, general systems theory, and deep ecology, Born 1929)

Madison, James : The power of all corporations ought to be limited . . . . The growing wealth accumulated by them never fails to be a source of abuses. (James Madison, Father of the U.S. Constitution and the fourth president of the United States, 1751-1836)

Madison, James : A note of music gains significance from the silence on either side. (Anne Morrow Lindbergh, U.S. writer and aviator, 1906-2001Corporations: The power of all corporations ought to be limited . . . . The growing wealth accumulated by them never fails to be a source of abuses. (James Madison, Father of the U.S. Constitution and the fourth president of the United States, 1751-1836)

Madison, James : We are teaching the world the great truth that governments do better without kings and nobles than with them. The merit will be doubled by the other lesson that religion flourishes in greater purity, without than with the aid of government. (James Madison, Father of the U.S. Constitution and the fourth president of the United States, 1751-1836)

Madison, James : If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy. (James Madison, Father of the U.S. Constitution and the fourth president of the United States, 1751-1836)

Maher, Bill : The cable TV sex channels don't expand our horizons, don't make us better people, and don't come in clearly enough. (Bill Maher, U,S. comedian, political commentator, and television host, Born 1956)

Mahfouz, Naguib : You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions. (Naguib Mahfouz, Egyptian writer and recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature who is regarded as one of the first contemporary writers of Arabic literature, 1911-2006)

Mahfouz, Naguib : You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions. (Naguib Mahfouz, Egyptian writer and recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature who is regarded as one of the first contemporary writers of Arabic literature, 1911-2006)

Mahfouz, Naguib : You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions, (Naguib Mahfouz, Egyptian writer and recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature who is regarded as one of the first contemporary writers of Arabic literature, 1911-2996)

Mahfouz, Naguib : You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions. (Naguib Mahfouz, Egyptian writer and recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature who is regarded as one of the first contemporary writers of Arabic literature, 1911-2006)

Mailer, Norman : There was that law of life, so cruel and so just, that one must grow or else pay more for remaining the same. (Norman Mailer, U.S. novelist, journalist, and liberal political activist, 1923-2007)

Mailer, Norman : As many people die from an excess of timidity as from bravery. (Norman Mailer, U.S. novelist, journalist, and liberal political activist, 1923-2007)

Maimonides, Moses : Hope is belief in the plausibility of the possible, as opposed to the necessity of the probable. (Moses Maimonides, Spanish Sephardic Jewish philosopher, Torah scholar, astronomer, jurist, and physician who worked in Egypt and Morocco, c. 1135-1204)

Maimonides, Moses : Hope is belief in the plausibility of the possible, as opposed to the necessity of the probable. (Moses Maimonides, Spanish Sephardic Jewish philosopher, Torah scholar, astronomer, jurist, and physician who worked in Egypt and Morocco, c. 1135-1204)

Malamud, Bernard : Without heroes, we are all plain people, and don't know how far we can go. (Bernard Malamud, U.S. novelist. short story writer, and recipient of the Pulitzer Prize, 1914-1986)

Malloy, Merrit : Letting people be okay without us is how we get to be okay without them. (Merrit Malloy, U.S. television movie producer, Born 1950)

Maltz, Maxwell : Self-image sets the boundaries of individual accomplishment. (Maxwell Maltz, U.S. cosmetic surgeon and author of Psycho-Cybernetics books, a forerunner of multiple self-help issues, 1889-1975)

Maltz, Maxwell : Our self-image, strongly held, essentially determines what we become. (Maxwell Maltz, U.S. cosmetic surgeon and author of Psycho-Cybernetics books, forerunners of multiple self-help issues, 1889-1975)

Man, The Covetous : If money be not thy servant, it will be thy master. (The covetous man cannot so properly be said to possess wealth, as that may be said to possess him.)

Mandela, Nelson : Poverty is not an accident. Like slavery and apartheid, it is man-made and can be removed by the actions of human beings. (Nelson Mandela, South African anti-apartheid revolutionary who served as President of South Africa, 1918-2013)

Mandela, Nelson : Education is the most powerful weapon that we can use to change the world. (Nelson Mandela, South African anti-apartheid revolutionary who served as President of South Africa, 1918-2013)

Mandela, Nelson : As I walked toward the gate that would lead to my freedom, I knew if I didn't leave my bitterness and hatred behind, I'd still be in prison. (Nelson Mandela, South African anti-apartheid revolutionary who served as President of South Africa, 1918-2013)

Mandela, Nelson : A man who takes away another man's freedom is a prisoner of hatred; he is locked behind the bars of prejudice and narrow-mindedness. (Nelson Mandela, South African anti-apartheid revolutionary who served as President of South Africa, 1918-2013)

Mandela, Nelson : Courage is not the absence of fear but the triumph over it. (Nelson Mandela, South African anti-apartheid revolutionary who served as President of South Africa, 1918-2013)

Manikan, Rudy : If you educate a man you educate a person, but if you educate a woman, you educate a family. (Rudy Manikan)

Mann, Horace : False conclusions which have been reasoned out are infinitely worse than blind impulse. (Horace Mann, U.S. politician and educational reformer, 1796-1859)

Mann, Horace : Unfaithfulness in the keeping of an appointment is an act of clear dishonesty. You may as well borrow a person's money as his time. (Horace Mann, U.S. liberal politician and reformer known for his commitment to promoting public education, 1796-1859)

Mann, Horace : Be ashamed to die until you've scored some victory for humanity. (Horace Mann, U.S. politician and educational reformer, 1796-1859)

Mann, Horace : To pity distress is but human; to relieve it is Godlike. (Horace Mann, U.S. liberal politician and reformer known for his commitment to promoting public education, 1796-1859)

Mansfield, Katherine : Regret is an appalling waste of energy; you can't build on it; it is good only for wallowing. (Katherine Mansfield, New Zealand modernist short story writer and poet, 1888-1923)

Maribel, Mother : So often we try to alter circumstances to suit ourselves, instead of letting them alter us. (Mother Maribel, English artist and Roman Catholic nun, 1940-1970)

Marines, Marya : Money is not an aphrodisiac: the desire it may kindle in a female eye is more for the cash than the carrier. (Marya Marines, U.S. Marine Corps data base)

Markham, Edwin : Defeat may serve as well as victory to shake the soul and let the glory out. (Edwin Markham, social protest poet and Poet Laureate of the state of Oregon, 1852-1940)

Markham, Edwin : Choices are the hinges of destiny. (Edwin Markham, social protest poet and Poet Laureate of the state of Oregon, 1852-1940)

Markham, Edwin : We have committed the Golden Rule to memory; let us now commit it to life. (Edwin Markham, social protest poet and Poet Laureate of the state of Oregon, 1852-1940)

Markham, Edwin : He drew a circle that shut me ouHeretic, rebel, a thing to floutBut love and I had the wit to winWe drew a circle that took him in. (Edwin Markham, social protest poet and Poet Laureate of the state of Oregon, 1852-1940)

Markoff, Barbara : Picture yourself placing your problem inside a pale, yellow balloon, letting it go, watching it drift until it is a tiny pastel dot in the sky. (Barbara Markoff, U.S. art consultant, 1931-2019)

Marquez, Gabriel Garcia : Fame is very agreeable, but . . . it goes on 24 hours a day. (Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Colombian novelist, journalist, Nobel laureate, Born 1927)

Marquez, Gabriel Garcia : When a newborn child squeezes for the first time with his tiny fist his father's finger, he has him trapped forever. (Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Colombian novelist, journalist, Nobel laureate, Born 1927)

Marquez, Gabriel Garcia : A lie is more comfortable than doubt, more useful than love, more lasting than truth. (Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Colombian novelist, journalist, Nobel laureate, Born 1927)

Marquis, Don : Ideas pull the trigger, but instinct loads the gun. (Don Marquis, U.S. humorist, journalist, and playwright, 1878-1937)

Marryat, Frederick : Every man paddles his own canoe. (Frederick Marryat, British Royal Navy officer and novelist, noted today for a widely used system of maritime flag signaling known as Marryat's Code. )

Marryat, Frederick : Every man paddles his own canoe. (Frederick Marryat, British Royal Navy officer and novelist, noted today for a widely used system of maritime flag signaling known as Marryat's Code. )

Marshall, George : The only way human beings can win a war is to prevent it. (George Marshall, U.S. Army Chief, Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense, and Nobel laureate, 1880-1959)

Marshall, George : The only way human beings can win a war is to prevent it. (George Marshall, U.S. Army Chief, Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense, and Nobel laureate, 1880-1959)

Marti, Jose : Barricades of ideas are worth more than barricades of stones. (Jose Marti, Cuban revolutionary, journalist, and poet, 1853-1895)

Marti, Jose : Barricades of ideas are worth more than barricades of stones. (Jose Marti, Cuban revolutionary, journalist, and poet, 1853-1895)

Marx, Groucho : The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made. (Groucho Marx, U.S. writer, comedian, stage, film and television star, 1890-1977)

Marx, Karl : Religion is the opiate of the people. (Karl Marx, German philosopher, economist, historian, sociologist, political theorist, journalist, and socialist revolutionary whose name is associated with the social theory - Marxism, 1818-1883)

Marx, Karl : Let the ruling classes tremble at a Communist revolution. The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. (Karl Marx, German philosopher, economist, historian, sociologist, political theorist, journalist, and socialist revolutionary whose name is associated with the social theory - Marxism, 1818-1883)

Maslow, Abraham : If one is to be ultimately at peace with himself . . . what he can be, he must be. (Abraham Maslow, U.S. psychologist and professor, 1908-1970)

Maslow, Abraham : What is history but a fable that is agreed upon? (Napoleon Bonaparte, French military and political leader, 1769-1821Pedestal: A pedestal is as much a prison as any small space. (Gloria Steinem, U.S. feminist, social and political activist, Born 1934Offensiveness: Whenever anyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the offense cannot reach it. (Rene Descartes, French philosopher and mathematician, 1596-1650Self-actualization: if one is to be ultimately at peace with himself . . . what he can be, he must be. (Abraham Maslow, U.S. psychologist and professor, 1908-1970)

Maslow, Abraham : If one is to be ultimately at peace with himself . . . what he can be, he must be. (Abraham Maslow, U.S. psychologist and professor, 1908-1970)

Mason, George : The freedom of the press is one of the great bulwarks of liberty and can never be restrained but by despotic governments. (George Mason, U.S. planter, politician and delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1725-1792)

Masoon, Jeffrey Moussalett : The fact that the dog returns the love so fiercely, so openly, so unambivalently, is for many children a unique and lasting experience. (Jeffrey Moussalett Masoon, )

Matheson, George : We conquer by continuing. (George Matheson, Scottish minister and hymn writer who was blind from his youth, 1842-1906)

Maudmontgomery, Lucy : Although ambitions are well worth having, they are not to be cheaply won. (Lucy MaudMontgomery, Canadian author best known for a series of novels with Anne of Green Gables, 1874-1942)

Maudsley, Henry : The sorrow which has no vent in tears may make other organs weep. (Henry Maudsley, pioneering British psychiatrist (1835-1918)

Maudsley, Henry : The sorrow which has no vent in tears may make other organs weep. (Henry Maudsley, pioneering British psychiatrist 1835-1918 (Henry Maudsley)

Maugham, William Somerset : The essence of the beautiful is unity in variety. (William Somerset Maugham, British playwright, novelist, and short story writer, 1874-1965)

Maugham, W. Somerset : Simplicity and naturalness are the truest marks of distinction. (W. Somerset Maugham, English playwright, novelist, and short story writer, 18874-1965)

Maupassant, Guy De : Get black on white. (Guy de Maupassant, French author, remembered as a master of the short story form, 1850-1893)

Maupassant, Guy De : Patriotism is a kind of religion; it is the egg from which wars are hatched. (Guy de Maupassant, French writer, remembered as a master of the short story form, 1850-1893)

Mauriac, François : Most men resemble great deserted palaces: the owner occupies only a few rooms and has closed off wings where he never ventures. (François Mauriac, writer, Nobel laureate, 1885-1970)

Maurois, Andri : Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy man has no time to form. (Andri Maurois, French author, 1885-1967)

Maurois, Andre : Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy man has no time to form. (Andre Maurois, French author, 1885-1967)

Maxim, Legal : The burden of proof lies on the plaintiff. (Legal maxim)

Maxim, Iroquois Nation : In our every deliberation, we must consider the impact of our decisions on the next seven generations. (Iroquois Nation maxim)

May, Rollo : Hate is not the opposite of love; apathy is. (Rollo May, U.S. author, psychologist, and associated with existential philosophy, 1909-1994)

May, Rollo : If you do not express your own original ideas, if you do not listen to your own being, you will have betrayed yourself. (Rollo May, U.S. author, psychologist, and associated with existential philosophy, 1909-1994)

Mccaffrey, Anne : Make no judgments where you have no compassion. (Anne McCaffrey, U.S.-Irish writer, 1926-2011)

Mccartney, Paul : If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be a vegetarian. (Paul McCartney, British singer-songwriter, composer, bass player in the Beatles rock ban, and poet, activist, Born 1942)

Mccartney, Paul : If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be a vegetarian. (Paul McCartney, British singer-songwriter, composer, bass player in the Beatles rock ban, and poet, activist, Born 1942)

Mcfadden, Nancy : Climb mountains so you can see the world, not so the world can see you. (Nancy McFadden, U.S. lawyer and political liaison between the U.S. Dept. of Justice and the White House, 1958-2018)

Mckinley, William : The mission of the United States is one of benevolent assimilation. (William McKinley, Jr., U.S. 25th president, 1897, until his assassination six months into his second term, 1843-1901)

Mckinney, Frank : Classical music isn’t the kind that we keep thinking will turn into a tune. (Frank McKinney, U..S. Olympic swimmer and prominent executive in the American banking industry, 1938-1992)

Mclaughlin, Mignon : What you have become is the price you paid to get what you used to want. (Mignon McLaughlin, U.S. journalist and author, 1913-1983)

Mclaughlin, Mignon : A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person. (Mignon McLaughlin, U.S. journalist and author, 1913-1983)

Mcluhan, Marshall : The new electronic interdependence recreates the world in the image of a global village. (Marshall McLuhan, Canadian philosopher whose work is one of the cornerstones of media theory, 1911-1980)

Mcluhan, Marshall : The new electronic interdependence recreates the world in the image of a global village. (Marshall McLuhan, Canadian philosopher whose study of media history is one of the cornerstones of media theory, 1911-1980)

Mcluhan, Marshall : Art at its most significant is a Distant Early Warning System that can always be relied on to tell the old culture what is beginning to happen to it. (Marshall McLuhan, Canadian professor, philosopher, and public intellectual, with a focus on media theory, as well as practical applications in the advertising and television industries, 1911-1980)

Mcluhan, Marshall : Technology is literally an extension of man, as the ax is an extension of the hand, the wheel as an extension of the foot. Communications technology, on the other hand, is an extension of thought, of consciousness, of man's unique perceptual capacities. Thus, communication media, broadly used to include all modes all symbolic representation, are literally extensions of mind. (Marshall McLuhan, Canadian professor, philosopher, and public intellectual, with a focus on media theory, as well as practical applications in the advertising and television industries, 1911-1980)

Mcluhan, Marshall : The medium is the Message. (Marshall McLuhan, Canadian professor, philosopher, and public intellectual, with a focus on media theory, as well as practical applications in the advertising and television industries, 1911-1980)

Mcluhan, Marshall : We shape our tools and thereafter our tools shape us. (Marshall McLuhan, Canadian professor, philosopher, and public intellectual, with a focus on media theory, as well as practical applications in the advertising and television industries, 1911-1980)

Mcluhan, Marshall : Every society honors its live conformists and its dead troublemakers. (Marshall McLuhan, Canadian professor, philosopher, and public intellectual, with a focus on media theory, as well as practical applications in the advertising and television industries, 1911-1980)

Mead, Margaret : If we are to achieve a richer culture, rich in contrasting values, we must recognize the whole gamut of human potentialities, and so we weave a less arbitrary social fabric, one in which each diverse human gift will find a fitting place. (Margaret Mead, U.S. cultural anthropologist, 1901-1978)

Mead, Margaret : You just have to learn not to care about the dust mites under the beds. (Margaret Mead, U.S. cultural anthropologist, author, and speaker on the mass media, 1901-1978)

Mead, Margaret : Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. (Margaret Mead, U.S. cultural anthropologist, author, and speaker on the mass media, 1901-1978)

Melville, Herman : Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity, nothing exceeds the criticisms made of the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed. (Herman Melville, U.S. novelist, short story writer, 1819-1891)

Mencken, H.L. : It is inaccurate to say I hate everything related to politics. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty, and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible for public office. (H.L. Mencken, German-American journalist and social critic, 1880-1956)

Mencken, H.L. : Opera in English is, in the main, just about as sensible as baseball in Italian. (H.L. Mencken, German-American journalist and social critic, 1880-1956)

Mencken, H.L. : A living language is like a man suffering incessantly from small hemorrhages, and what it needs above all else is constant transactions of new blood from other tongues. (H.L. Mencken, German-American journalist and social critic, 1880-1956)

Mencken, H.L. : The truly civilized man is always skeptical and tolerant. His culture is based on I am not too sure. (H.L. Mencken, German-American journalist and social critic, 1880-1956)

Mencken, H.L. : Moral certainty is always a sign of cultural inferiority. The more uncivilized the man, the surer he is that he knows precisely what is right and what is wrong. The truly civilized man is always skeptical and tolerant. (H.L. Mencken, German-American journalist and social critic, 1880-1956)

Menninger, Karl A. : What's done to children, they will do to society. (Karl A. Menninger, U.S. psychiatrist, 1893-1990)

Menninger, Karl A. : What's done to children, they will do to society. (Karl A. Menninger, U.S. psychiatrist, 1893-1990)

Menuhin, Yehudi : We are full of rhythms . . . our pulse, our gestures, our digestive tracts, the lunar and seasonal cycles. (Yehudi Menuhin, Belorussian-American violinist and conductor who spent most of his performing career in Britain and widely considered one of the greatest violinists of the 20th century. 1916-1999)

Merici, Angela : Beware of trying to accomplish anything by force. (Angela Merici, Italian religious educator who is honored as a saint by the Catholic Church. 1474-1540)

Merriam, Eve : I dream of giving birth to a child who will ask, Mother, what was war? (Eve Merriam, U.S. poet and writer, 1916-1992)

Merton, Thomas : Perhaps I am stronger than I think. (Thomas Merton, U.S. Trappist monk, writer, theologian, mystic, poet, social activist, 1915-1968)

Merton, Robert King : Most institutions demand unqualified faith; but the institution of science makes skepticism a virtue. (Robert King Merton, U.S. sociologist and professor at Columbia University, 1910-2003)

Merton, Robert King : Most institutions demand unqualified faith; but the institution of science makes skepticism a virtue. (Robert King Merton, U.S. sociologist and professor at Columbia University, 1910-2003)

Merton, Thomas : The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them. (Thomas Merton, U.S. theologian, social activist and student of comparative religion, 1915-1968)

Miles, Rufus : Where you stand depends on where you sit. (Rufus Miles, U.S. author and Federal administrator who served as an assistant secretary under three presidents, 1910-1996)

Milk, Harvey : The important thing is not that we can live on hope alone, but that life is not worth living without it. (Harvey Milk, U.S. politician and the first openly gay elected official in the history of California, 1930-1978)

Mill, John Stuart : We can never be sure that the opinion we are endeavoring to stifle is a false opinion; and if we were sure, stifling it would still be an evil. (John Stuart Mill, British philosopher, political economist, and civil servant, 1806-1873)

Mill, John Stuart : Unquestionably, it is possible to do without happiness, it is done involuntarily by nineteen-twentieths of mankind. (John Stuart Mill, British philosopher, political economist, and civil servant, 1806-1873)

Mill, John Stuart : A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury. (John Stuart Mill, British philosopher, political economist, and civil servant, 1806-1873)

Mill, John Stuart : I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than in attempting to satisfy them. (John Stuart Mill, British philosopher, political economist, and civil servant, 1806-1873)

Mill, John Stuart : His eminence was due to the flatness of the surrounding landscape. (John Stuart Mill, British philosopher, political economist, and civil servant, 1806-1873)

Mill, John Stuart : The despotism of custom is everywhere standing up to human advancement. (John Stuart Mill, British philosopher, political economist, and civil servant, 1806-1873)

Millar, Margaret : Most conversations are simply monologues delivered in the presence of a witness. (Margaret Millar, Canadian-American mystery and suspense writer, 1915-1994)

Miller, Arthur : The task of the real intellectual consists of analyzing illusions in order to discover their causes. (Arthur Miller, U.S. playwright and essayist, 1915-2005)

Miller, Arthur : A good newspaper is a nation talking to itself. (Arthur Miller, U.S. playwright and essayist, 1915-2005)

Miller, Joaquin : The biggest dog has been a pup. (Joaquin Miller, U.S. poet and frontiersman, 1837-1913)

Miller, Larry : You know you're getting old when you start watching golf on TV and enjoying it. (Larry Miller, U.S. comedian, actor, podcaster, and columnist, Born 1953)

Miller, Arthur : Don't be seduced into thinking that that which does not make a profit is without value. (Arthur Miller, U.S. playwright and essayist, 1915-2005)

Miller, Arthur : Don't be seduced into thinking that that which does not make a profit is without value. (Arthur Miller, U.S. playwright and essayist, 1915-2005)

Milosz, Czeslaw : Not that I want to be a god or a hero. Just to change into a tree, grow for ages, not hurt anyone. (Czeslaw Milosz, Polish writer, Nobel laureate, Born 1911)

Milosz, Czeslaw : Not that I want to be a god or a hero - just to change into a tree, grow for ages, not hurt anyone. (Czeslaw Milosz, Polish writer, Nobel laureate, Born 1911)

Milton, John : So many laws argue so many sins. (John Milton, English poet, polemicist, man of letters, and civil servant for the Commonwealth of England, best known for authoring his epic poem, Paradise Lost, 1608-1674)

Milton, John : For neither man nor angel can discern hypocrisy, the only evil that walks invisible. (John Milton, English poet, 1608-1674)

Milton, John : Opinion . . . is but knowledge in the making. (John Milton, English poet, 1608-1674)

Milton, John : Who overcomes by force hath overcome but half his foe. (John Milton, English poet, 1608-1674)

Milton, John : Give me the liberty to know, to think, to believe, and to utter freely according to conscience, above all other liberties. (John Milton, English poet, 1608-1674)

Milton, John : Those who put out the people's eyes, reproach them for their blindness. (John Milton, English poet, 1608-1674)

Milton, John : He who reigns within himself and rules his passions, desires, and fears is more than a king. (John Milton, English poet, polemicist, man of letters, and civil servant for the Commonwealth of England, best known for authoring his epic poem, Paradise Lost, 1608-1674)

Milton, John : The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven. (John Milton, English poet, 1608-1674)

Milton, John : Reason is also choice. (John Milton, English poet, polemicist, man of letters, and civil servant who is best known for his epic poem, Paradise Lost, written in blank verse, 1608-1674)

Milton, John : The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven. (John Milton, English poet, 1608-1674)

Miro, Joan : Painting rises from the brushstrokes as a poem rises from the words. The meaning comes later. (Joan Miro, Spanish painter, sculptor, and ceramicist, 1893-1983)

Mitford, Jessica : You may not be able to change the world, but at least you can embarrass the guilty. (Jessica Mitford, English author, journalist, and civil rights activist, 1917-1996)

Mitford, Jessica : You may not be able to change the world, but at least you can embarrass the guilty. (Jessica Mitford, English author, journalist, and civil rights activist, 1917-1996)

Mitford, Jessica : You may not be able to change the world, but at least you can embarrass the guilty. (Jessica Mitford, English author, journalist, and civil rights activist, 1917-1996)

Monroe, Marilyn : It’s far better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone. (Marilyn Monroe, U.S. actress, model, and singer, 1926-1962)

Montaigne, Michel De : The value of education is not as much the amount of knowledge as it is the ability to question knowledge - 'better a well molded than a filled mind.' (Michel de Montaigne, French philosopher and essayist, 1533-1592)

Montaigne, Michel De : If you press me to say why I loved him, I can say no more than because he was he, and I was I. (Michel de Montaigne, French philosopher and essayist, 1533-1592)

Montaigne, Michel De : Nothing is so firmly believed as what is least known. (Michel de Montaigne, French philosopher and essayist, 1533-1592)

Montaigne, Michel De : I cannot stress often enough that what science is all about is not proving things to be true but proving them to be false. (Lawrence M. Krauss, U.S. theoretical physicist, Born 1954Ignorance: Nothing is so firmly believed as what is least known. (Michel de Montaigne, French philosopher and essayist, 1533-1592)

Montaigne, Michel De : O senseless man, who cannot possibly make a worm and yet will make Gods by the dozen. (Michel de Montaigne, French philosopher and essayist, 1533-1592)

Montaigne, Michel De : The soul that has no established aim loses itself. (Michel de Montaigne, French philosopher and essayist, 1533-1592)

Montaigne, Michel De : No wind serves him who addresses his voyage to no certain port. (Michel de Montaigne, French philosopher and essayist, 1533-1592)

Montaigne, Michel De : Philosophy is doubt. (Michel de Montaigne, French philosopher, known for popularizing the essay as a literary genre, 1553-1592)

Montaigne, Michel De : It is commonly seen by experience that excellent memories do often accompany weak judgments. (Michel de Montaigne, French philosopher and essayist, 1533-1592)

Montaigne, Michel De : The value of education is not as much the amount of knowledge as it is the ability to question knowledge - �better a well molded than a filled mind.� (Michel de Montaigne, French philosopher and essayist, 1533-1592)

Montesquieu, Charles De : Useless laws weaken the necessary laws. (Charles de Montesquieu, French lawyer and political philosopher, 1689-1755)

Montesquieu, Charles : Republics are brought to their ends by luxury; monarchies by poverty. (Charles Montesquieu, French judge, man of letters, and political philosopher, 1689-1755)

Montessori, Maria : Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed. (Maria Montessori, Italian physician and educator, 1870-1952Politics: It seems like the less a politician amounts to the more he adores the flag. (Kin Hubbard, U.S. cartoonist and humorist, 1868-1930)

Montessori, Maria : The greatest sign of success for a teacher is to be able to say, 'The children are now working as if I did not exist.' (Maria Montessori, Italian physician and educator, 1870-1952Politics: It seems like the less a politician amounts to the more he adores the flag. (Kin Hubbard, U.S. cartoonist and humorist, 1868-1930)

Moore, Dudley : I am always looking for meaningful one-night stands. (Dudley Moore, English actor, comedian, musician and composer, 1935-2002)

Moore, Henry : You must always be open to your luck. You cannot force it, but you can recognize it. (Henry Moore, English artist who is best known for his monumental bronze sculptures located around the world, 1898-1986)

Moore, Thomas : Soul appears when we make room for it. (Thomas Moore, Irish poet, singer, songwriter, and entertainer, 1779-1852)

More, Hannah : Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off the goal. (Hannah More, English poet, playwright, and philanthropist, 1745-1833)

Morley, John : Where it is a duty to worship the sun, it is pretty sure to be a crime to examine the laws of heat. (John Morley, British liberal statesman and writer, 1838-1923)

Morley, Christopher : Life is a foreign language; most men mispronounce it. (Christopher Morley, U.S. journalist, novelist, essayist and poet, 1890-1957)

Morley, U.S. Christopher : There are three ingredients in the good life: learning, earning and yearning. (U.S. Christopher Morley, U..S. journalist, novelist, essayist, and poet, 1890-1957)

Morley, Christopher : There are three ingredients in the good life; learning, earning, and yearning. (Christopher Morley, U.S. journalist, novelist, essayist and poet, 1890-1957)

Morrison, Toni : Wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down. (Toni Morrison, U.S. novelist, editor, educator, and Pulitzer Prize recipient, Born 1931)

Mortenson, Greg : What we are trying to do may be just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be lessbecause of the missing drop. (Greg Mortenson, U.S. professional speaker, writer, mountaineer who served as a co-founder of the non-profit Central Asia Institute, Born 1957)

Mortenson, Greg : What we are trying to do may be just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of the missing drop. (Greg Mortenson, U.S. professional speaker, writer, mountaineer who served as a co-founder of the non-profit Central Asia Institute, Born 1957)

Moyers, Bill : Our government has become a clearinghouse for corporations and plutocrats whose dollars grease the wheels for lucrative contracts and easy regulation. (Bill Moyers, U.S. journalist and political commentator who also served as White House Press Secretary, Born 1934)

Moyers, Bill : War, except in self-defense, is a failure of moral imagination, political nerve, and diplomatic skill. (Bill Moyers, U.S. journalist and political commentator who also served as White House Press Secretary, Born 1934)

Moyers, Bill : The strength of a language does not lie in rejecting what is foreign but in assimilating it. (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German poet, dramatist, novelist, and philosopher, 1749-1832Flags: Flags are bits of colored cloth that governments use first to shrink-wrap people's brains and then as ceremonial shrouds to bury the dead. (Arundhati Roy, Indian writer and activist, Born 1961U.S.A.: Our government has become a clearinghouse for corporations and plutocrats whose dollars grease the wheels for lucrative contracts and easy regulation. (Bill Moyers, U.S. journalist and political commentator who also served as White House Press Secretary, Born 1934)

Moynihan, Daniel Patrick : Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions that differ from that of their social environment. (Albert Einstein, German-born theoretical physicist and Nobel Laureate who developed the Theory of Relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics, 1879-1955Opinion: Everyone is entitled to his own opinion but not his own facts. (Daniel Patrick Moynihan, U.S. politician and sociologist, 1927-2003)

Moynihan, Daniel Patrick : You are entitled to your opinion. But you are not entitled to your own facts. (Daniel Patrick Moynihan, U.S. politician and sociologist, 1927-2003)

Moynihan, Daniel Patrick : Everyone is entitled to his own opinion but not his own facts. (Daniel Patrick Moynihan, U.S. politician and sociologist, 1927-2003)

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : A fellow of mediocre talent will remain a mediocrity, whether he travels or not; but one of superior talent . . . will go to seed if he always remains in the same place. (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian composer and musician, 1756-1791)

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : A fellow of mediocre talent will remain a mediocrity, whether he travels or not; but one of superior talent . . . will go to seed if he always remains in the same place. (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian composer and musician, 1756-1791)

Muir, John : God has cared for these trees, saved them from drought, disease, avalanches, and a thousand tempests and floods. But he cannot save them from fools. (John Muir, U.S. naturalist and author, 1838-1914)

Muir, John : God has cared for these trees, saved them from drought, disease, avalanches, and a thousand tempests and floods. But he cannot save them from fools. (John Muir, U.S. naturalist and author, 1838-1914)

Muir, John : When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world. (John Muir, U.S. naturalist and author, 1838-1914)

Muir, John : When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe. (John Muir, U.S. naturalist and author, 1838-1914)

Muir, John : When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world. (John Muir, U.S. naturalist and author, 1838-1914)

Muller, Herbert : The doctrine of the material efficacy of prayer reduces the Creator to a cosmic bellhop of a not very bright or reliable kind. (Herbert Muller, U.S., educator, historian, and author, 1905-1980)

Mulock, Dinah Maria : There never was night that had no morn. (Dinah Maria Mulock Craik, English poet and novelist, 1826-1887)

Mumford, Lewis : The artist has a special task and duty; the task of reminding men of their humanity and the promise of their creativity. (Lewis Mumford, U.S. historian, literary critic, sociologist, and philosopher of technology, noted for his study of cities and urban architecture, 1895-1990)

Mumford, Lewis : Every generation revolts against its fathers and makes friends with its grandfathers. (Lewis Mumford, U.S. historian, literary critic, sociologist, and philosopher of technology, noted for his study of cities and urban architecture, 1895-1990)

Mumford, Lewis : The U.S.'s national flower is the concrete cloverleaf. (Lewis Mumford, U.S. historian, literary critic, sociologist, and philosopher of technology, noted for his study of cities and urban architecture, 1895-1990)

Mumford, Lewis : Every generation revolts against its fathers and makes friends with its grandfathers. (Lewis Mumford, U.S. historian, literary critic, sociologist, and philosopher of technology, noted for his study of cities and urban architecture, 1895-1990)

Murdoch, Iris : In the field of transportation, only the bicycle remains pure in heart. (Iris Murdoch, British novelist and philosopher, 1919-1999)

Murrow, Edward R. : Everyone is a prisoner of his own experiences. No one can eliminate prejudices - just recognize them. (Edward R. Murrow, U.S. war correspondent during World War II and broadcast journalist, 1908-1965)

Murrow, Edward R. : Everyone is a prisoner of his/her own experiences. No one can eliminate prejudices---justrecognize them. (Edward R. Murrow, U.S. broadcast journalist, 1908-1965)

Mussolini, Benito : If you pluck a chicken one feather at a time nobody notices. (Benito Mussolini, Italian politician and journalist who was the leader of the National Fascist Party, 1883-1945)