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- For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks.
- Terry Pratchett, Equal Rites
- Stupid men are often capable of things the clever would not dare to contemplate...
- Terry Pratchett, Feet of Clay
- I grasped the meaning of the greatest secret that human poetry and human thought and belief have to impart: The salvation of man is through love and in love.
- Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning
- The loss of one's dignified bearing is often sudden.
- Jerry Van Amerongen, Ballard Street, 09-02-06
- The belief that there are other life forms in the universe is a matter of faith. There is not a single shred of evidence for any other life forms, and in forty years of searching, none has been discovered. There is absolutely no evidentiary reason to maintain this belief.
- Michael Crichton (1942 - 2008), Caltech Michelin Lecture, January 17, 2003
- The dog was created especially for children. He is the god of frolic.
- Henry Ward Beecher (1813 - 1887)
- Everything terrible is something that needs our love.
- Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
- Our virtues and our failings are inseparable, like force and matter. When they separate, man is no more.
- Nikola Tesla (1857 - 1943)
- If Edison had a needle to find in a haystack, he would proceed at once with the diligence of the bee to examine straw after straw until he found the object of his search... I was a sorry witness of such doings, knowing that a little theory and calculation would have saved him ninety per cent of his labor.
- Nikola Tesla (1857 - 1943), New York Times, October 19, 1931
- Beauty? Let me tell you something - being thought of as 'a beautiful woman' has spared me nothing in life. No heartache, no trouble. Love has been difficult. Beauty is essentially meaningless and it is always transitory.
- Halle Berry
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