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The coming together of two laudable movements -- death with dignity and cost containment -- concerns me Patients have a right to die. But do they have a duty to die – Mark Siegler
The common dogma of fundamentalists is fear of modern knowledge, inability to cope with the fast change in a scientific-technological society, and the real breakdown in apparent moral order in recent years.... That is why hate is the major fuel, fear is the cement of the movement, and superstitious ignorance is the best defence against the dangerous new knowledge. ... When you bring up arguments that cast serious doubts on their cherished beliefs you are not simply making a rhetorical point, you are threatening their whole Universe and their immortality. That provokes anger and quite frequently violence. ... Unfortunately you cannot reason with them and you even risk violence in confronting them. Their numbers will decline only when society stabilizes, and adapts to modernity. – G Gaia
The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic, and self-complacent is erroneous -- on the contrary, it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant, and kind. It is failure that makes people bitter and cruel. – W. Somerset Maugham
The common person fears to think beyond the common. – Bryant McGill
The community stagnates without the impulse of the individual. The impulse dies away without the sympathy of the community. – William James
The company of just and righteous men is better than wealth and a rich estate. – Euripides
The computer is a moron. – Peter Drucker
The computer programmer is a creator of universes for which he alone is responsible. Universes of virtually unlimited complexity can be created in the form of computer programs. – Joseph Weizenbaum
The computing field is always in need of new cliches. – Alan Perlis
The concept is interesting and well-formed, but in order to earn better than a 'C', the idea must be feasible. – Harry Morris Warner
The concept of fate is an open insult against man's willpower! – Mehmet Murat ildan
The concept of internal customers suits the wimpy organization headed by a wimp who tries to appease everyone and satisfy no-one. – Jonar Nader
The concept of progress acts as a protective mechanism to shield us from the terrors of the future. – Frank Herbert
The conception of two people living together for twenty-five years without having a cross word suggests a lack of spirit only to be admired in sheep. – Alan Patrick Herbert
The conception of worth, that each person is an end per se, is not a mere abstraction. Our interest in it is not merely academic. Every outcry against the oppression of some people by other people, or against what is morally hideous is the affirmation of the principle that a human being as such is not to be violated. A human being is not to be handled as a tool but is to be respected and revered. – Felix Adler
The condition upon which God has given liberty to man is eternal vigilance. – John Philpot Curran
The confidence which we have in ourselves gives birth to much of that which we have in others. – Francois De La Rochefoucauld
The conflicts we have with the outside world are often conflicts we have within ourselves. – Bryant McGill
The conformation of his mind was such that whatever was little seemed to him great, and whatever was great seemed to him little. – Thomas Babington
The Congress will push me to raise taxes, and I'll say no, and they'll push and I'll say no, and they'll push again. And all I can say to them is read my lips No New Taxes. – George Herbert Walker Bush
The conqueror and king in each of us is the Knower of truth. Let that Knower awaken in us and drive the horses of the mind, emotions, and physical body on the pathway which that king has chosen. – George S. Arundale
The conquest of the earth... is not a pretty thing when you look into it too much. What redeems it is the idea only... not a sentimental pretence but an idea. – Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness
The conscience of a people is their power. – John Dryden
The conscience of children is formed by the influences that surround them; their notions of good and evil are the result of the moral atmosphere they breathe. – Ricther
The conscientious objector is a revoultionary. On deciding to disobey the law he sacrifices his personal interests to the most important cause of working for the betterment of society. – Albert Einstein

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