“Grades are a problem. On the most general level, they're an explicit acknowledgment that what you're doing is insufficiently interesting or rewarding for you to do it on your own. Nobody ever gave you a grade for learning how to play, how to ride a bicycle, or how to kiss. One of the best ways to destroy love for any of these activities would be through the use of grades, and the coercion and judgment they represent. Grades are a cudgel to bludgeon the unwilling into doing what they don't want to do, an important instrument in inculcating children into a lifelong subservience to whatever authority happens to be thrust over them.”
Derrick Jensen
“There is insufficient capacity there and there is a problem with conversion capacity.”
Claude Mandil
“Our civilization lacks humane feeling. We are humans who are insufficiently humane! We must realize that and seek to find a new spirit. We have lost the sight of this ideal because we are solely occupied with thoughts of men instead of remembering th”
Albert Schweitzer
“My own wisdom, and that of all about me seemed insufficient for the day.”
William Adams (explorer)
“It is wrong always, everywhere, and for everyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence.”
William James
“That charge was found by the judicial conduct commission to have insufficient evidence to warrant a finding that it was true.”
Thomas Zlaket
“Sen. Leahy and I took a look at it and agreed that it was insufficient and are sending back a detailed letter asking for amplification on many, many of the items,”
Arlen Specter
