Phil Bova > Phil's Quotes

“Sometimes, it is the people who no one imagines anything of...who do the things that no one can imagine.”
― The Imitation Game

“No matter what anybody tells you, words and ideas can change the world.”
― Tom Schulman, Dead Poets Society

“They hold the throne in their hand. The whole realm is in their hand. The country, the apportioning of men's livelihoods is in their hand...The springs of hope and of fear are in their hand...In their hand is the power to decide who shall be humbled and who exalted...Our people is in their hand, education is in their hand...If the West continues to be what it is, and the East what it is, we shall see the day when the whole world is in their hand.”
― Akbar Illahabadi

“Not even girls want to be girls so long as our feminine archetype lacks force, strength, and power. Not wanting to be girls, they don't want to be tender, submissive, peace-loving as good women are. Women's strong qualities have become despised because of their weakness. The obvious remedy is to create a feminine character with all the strength of Superman plus all the allure of a good and beautiful woman.”
― William Moulton Marston

“The historian, on the contrary, cannot experiment and can rarely observe. Instead, the historian has to collect his own evidence, knowing, all the while, that some of it is useless and much of it unreliable."
-Professor Charles Homer Haskins”
― Jill Lepore

“You can't foresee all the consequences of your actions - But that's no excuse to do nothing.”
― Hal Jordan

“Why should you believe your eyes? You were given eyes to see with, not to believe with. Your eyes can see the mirage, the hallucination as easily as the actual scenery.”
― Ward Moore, Bring the Jubilee