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NAIVETE : Dare to be naive. (Buckminster Fuller, U.S. architect, designer, and inventor, 1895-1983)

NAME : What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet. (William Shakespeare, English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the pre-eminent dramatist, 1564-1616)

NATIONALISM : Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind. Never do anything against conscience - even if the state demands it. (Albert Einstein, German-born theoretical physicist and Nobel Laureate who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics, 1879-1955)

NATIONALISM : Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind. (Albert Einstein, German-born theoretical physicist and Nobel Laureate who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics, 1879-1955)

NATIONALISM : Born in iniquity and conceived in sin, the spirit of nationalism has never ceased to bend human institutions to the service of dissension and distress. (Thorstein Veblen, Norwegian-American economist and sociologist who emerged as a well-known critic of capitalism coined the concept of â€˜conspicuous consumptionâ€™,1857-1929)

NATIONALISM : The nationalist not only does not disapprove of atrocities committed by his own side, he has a remarkable capacity for not even hearing about them. (George Orwell, English novelist, essayist, journalist and critic, 1903-1950)

NATURALIST : He who would study nature in its wildness and variety, must plunge into the forest, explore the glen, stem the torrent, and dare the precipice. (Unknown Source)

NATURALIST : He who would study nature in its wildness and variety, must plunge into the forest, explore the glen, stem the torrent, and dare the precipice. (Washington Irving, U.S. short story writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat, 1783-1859)

NATURE : Trees are poems that the earth writes upon the sky. (Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese-American artist and writer in both Arabic and English, 1883-1931)

NATURE : Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair. (Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese-American artist and writer in both Arabic and English, 1883-1931)

NATURE : In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments; there are consequences. (Unknown Source)

NATURE : Nature is not human-hearted. (Lao Tzu, ancient Chinese philosopher and writer who is the reputed founder of philosophical Taoism, 604-531 B.C.E.)

NATURE : After a debauch of thundershower, the weather takes the pledge and signs it with a rainbow. (Thomas Bailey Aldrich, U.S. writer, poet, critic, and long-term editor of The Atlantic Monthly, 1836-1907)

NATURE : The unnatural - that too is natural. (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German poet, dramatist, novelist, and philosopher, 1749-1832)

NATURE : In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments - there are consequences. (Roger G. Ingersoll, U.S. writer and orator in defense of agnosticism, 1833-1899)

NATURE : We cannot command Nature except by obeying her. (Francis Bacon, British essayist, philosopher, scientist, and statesman 1561-1626)

NATURE : The soil, in return for her service, keeps the tree tied to her; the sky asks nothing and leaves it free. (Rabindranath Tagore, a learned Bengali who reshaped Bengali literature and music, as well as Indian art, 1861-1941)

NATURE : Grass is the forgiveness of nature - her constant benediction. Forests decay, harvests perish, flowers vanish, but grass is immortal. (Brian Ingalls)

NATURE : When the oak is felled the whole forest echoes with its fall, but a hundred acorns are sown in silence by an unnoticed breeze. (Thomas Carlyle, Scottish philosopher, satirical essayist, historian, and mathematician, 1795-1881)

NATURE : When a man wantonly destroys a work of man we call him a vandal; when a man destroys one of the works of God, we call him a sportsman. (Joseph Wood Krutch, writer, critic, and naturalist, 1893-1970)

NATURE : I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars. (Walt Whitman, U.S. essayist, journalist,and poet, known as the Father of Free Verse, 1819-1992)

NATURE : If you watch how nature deals with adversity, continually renewing itself, you can't help but learn. (Bernie S. Siegel, U.S. writer and retired pediatric surgeon, Born 1932)

NATURE : Nature tops the list of potent tranquilizers and stress reducers. The mere sound of moving water has been shown to lower blood pressure. (Patch Adams, U.S. physician, comedian, activist, and author, Born 1945)

NATURE : Nature uses only the longest threads to weave her patterns, so each small piece of her fabric reveals the organization of the entire tapestry. (Richard Feynman, U.S. theoretical physicist, 1918-1988)

NATURE : The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn. (Ralph Waldo Emerson, U.S. essayist, poet, and philosopher who led the transcendentalist movement, 1803-1882)

NATURE : The sky is the daily bread of the eyes. (Ralph Waldo Emerson, U.S. essayist, poet, and philosopher who led the transcendentalist movement, 1803-1882)

NATURE : Earth laughs in flowers. (Ralph Waldo Emerson, U.S. essayist, poet, and philosopher who led the transcendentalist movement, 1803-1882)

NATURE : Everything in nature acts in conformity with law. (Immanuel Kant, German philosopher views continue to have a major influence on contemporary philosophy, 1724-1804)

NATURE : Pick a flower on earth and you move the farthest star. (Paul Dirac, English theoretical physicist, 1902-1984)

NATURE : The manuscript of nature is the true scripture. (Unknown Source)

NATURE : In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments; there are consequences. (Robert Green Ingersoll, U.S. lawyer and orator, 1833-1899)

NEATNESS : Treat your wastebaskets like babies: Keep them within reach at all times, feed them frequently, and change them often. (Unknown source)

NEATNESS : Treat your wastebaskets like babies keep them within reach at all times, feed them frequently, and change them often. (Unknown source)

NECESSITY : Necessity makes even the timid brave. (Sallust, Roman politician and historian, with surviving works to his name, 86- c. 35 B.C.E. )

NECESSITY : Necessity is often the spur to genius. (Honore de Balzac, French novelist and playwright, 1799-1850)

NEGROES : The best way to uncolor the Negro is to give the white man a white heart. (Ivan Panin, Russian emigrant to the United States who achieved fame for discovering numeric patterns in the text of the Hebrew and Greek Bible, 1855-1942)

NEGROES : The Negro knows nothing of Africa [said to have been expressed with pain and distress]. (Unknown Source)

NEGROES : The Negro knows nothing of Africa [said to have been expressed with pain and distress] (Martin Luther King Jr., Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement. 1929-1968)

NEIGHBORS : The crop always seems better in our neighbor's field, and our neighbor's cow gives more milk. (Ovid, Roman poet, a contemporary of the older Virgil and Horace, with whom he is often ranked as one of the three canonical poets of Latin literature, 43 BCE-17 AD)

NET NEUTRALITY : Protect net neutrality so I can continue to innovate in the internet space. I want to see the explosion of innovations happening out there on the Web, so diverse and so exciting, continue unabated. (Tim Berners-Lee, British computer scientist, best known as the inventor of the World Wide Web, Born 1955)

NEUTRALITY : The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who in a period of moral crisis maintain their neutrality. (Dante Alighieri, Italian poet of the Middle Ages, 1265-1321)

NEUTRALITY : The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who in a period of moral crisis maintain their neutrality. (Unknown Source)

NEUTRALITY : People who demand neutrality in any situation are usually not neutral but in favor of the status quo. (Max Eastman, U.S. journalist and poet, 1883-19691)

NEUTRALITY : Neutrality, as a lasting principle, is an evidence of weakness. (Louis Kossuth, Hungarian statesman and Governor-President of the Kingdom of Hungary, 1848-1849, during the revolution, 1802-1894)

NEUTRALITY : A wise neuter joins with neither, but uses both, as his honest interest leads him. (William Penn, English nobleman, writer, early Quaker, and founder of the English North American colony the Province of Pennsylvania, 1644-1718)

NEUTRALITY : Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. (Elie Wiesel, Romanian-born American Jewish writer, professor, political activist, Nobel Laureate and Holocaust survivor, 1928-2016)

NEUTRALITY - SILENCE : Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. (Unknown Source)

NEUTRALITY - SILENCE : The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who in a period of moral crisis maintain their neutrality. (Dante Alighieri, Italian poet of the Middle Ages, 1265-1321)

NEUTRALITY-SILENCE : Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. (Elie Wiesel, Romanian-born U.S. Holocaust survivor, political activist, writer, and Nobel Laureate, 1928-2016)

NEWSPAPERS : I always turn to the sports page first which records people's accomplishments. The front page has nothing but people's failures. (Earl Warren, U.S. politician and jurist, who served as the Governor of California and Chief Justice of the United States, 1891-1974)

NEWSPAPERS : I always turn to the sports page first which records peopleï¿½s accomplishments. The front page has nothing but peopleï¿½s failures. (Earl Warren, U.S. politician and jurist, who served as the Governor of California and Chief Justice of the United States, 1891-1974)

NEWSPAPERS : I always turn to the sports page first which records people's accomplishments. The front page has nothing but people's failures. (Unknown source)

NEWSPAPERS : If some great catastrophe is not announced every morning, we feel a certain void. 'Nothing in the paper today,' we sigh. (Paul Valery, French poet, essayist and philosopher, 1871-1945)

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

NEWSPAPERS : News is the first rough draft of history. (Benjamin Bradlee, U.S. newspaperman and long-term executive editor of The Washington Post, 1921-2014)

NEWSPAPERS : Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter. (Thomas Jefferson, one of the U.S. Founders who was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence and later served as the third President of the United States, 1743-1826)

NIGHT : Night is the mother of thoughts. (John Florio, British linguist, lexicographer, and a royal language tutor at the Court of James I, 1553-1625)

NON-PROFITS : 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)

NOTHING : Nothing is often a good thing to do and always a good thing to say. (Will Durant, U.S. writer, historian, and philosopher, 1885-1981)

NOVELTY : Better to suffer in a novel situation than to be comfortable in the same old rut. (Unknown source)