The name of Robert G. Ingersoll is in the pantheon of the world. More than any other man who ever lived he destroyed religious superstition. He was the Shakespeare of oratory — the greatest that...

Have you ever felt the longing for someone you could admire? For something, not to look down at, but up to?

The first ingredient to being wrong is to claim that you are right. Geniuses have a knack for raising new questions. Hence by the public they are either admired for their creativity or, even more...

Peabody, you never cease to amaze me.””One day I’ll tell you about my granny and her five lovers.” “Five lovers isn’t abnormal for a woman’s lifetime.” “Not in her lifetime; last month. All at the...

[Alexander von] Humboldt showers us with true treasures.

Appreciate the creation, respect the creator of it, and admire the source of all creativity.

During the first half of the present century we had an Alexander von Humboldt, who was able to scan the scientific knowledge of his time in its details, and to bring it within one vast...

Our admiration is so given to dead martyrs that we have little time for living heroes.

True beauty express itself automatically. It’s not only visible in the material, but around one’s being, and within their aura. I once met a female, who was like that of a jeweled flower. Her celestial...

We can forgive a man for making a useful thing as long as he does not admire it. The only excuse for making a useless thing is that one admires it intensely.All art is quite...

Admiration is great, but there is a line not to cross.

I was very pleased with your kind letter. Until now I never dreamed of being something like a hero. But since you’ve given me the nomination I feel that I am one.

Every scientist is a descendant of Humboldt. We are all his family.

His muscles flexed as he stood, and Rosa couldn’t prevent herself from watching with veiled admiration. He was certainly a very beautiful man. She looked away in embarrassment, worried she might say or do something...

Between flattery and admiration there often flows a river of contempt.

Blessed is he who has learned to admire but not envy, to follow but not imitate, to praise but not flatter, and to lead but not manipulate.

He [Alexander von Humboldt] was to science what Shakespeare was to the drama.

Je t’admire, dit le petit prince, en haussant un peu les épaules, mais en quoi cela peut-il bien t’intéresser?

To me, science is an expression of the human spirit, which reaches every sphere of human culture. It gives an aim and meaning to existence as well as a knowledge, understanding, love, and admiration for...

I don’t admire the person who does what they want to do. I admire the person who does what they’re afraid to do.

This is a chance for these servicemen and women to feel the admiration and respect of 20,000 people, reinforcing for them that we as a nation feel grateful for what they have done for us.

If the stars should appear just one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore!