"On our earth, before writing was invented, before the printing press was invented, poetry flourished. That is why we know that poetry is like bread; it should be shared by all, by scholars and by peasants, by all our vast, incredible, extraordinary family of humanity."

-- Pablo Neruda

#Writing Quotes #Humanity Quotes #Earth Quotes

“I would hope to think my fans are full of attitude, are a bit vicious, and always fight for what they want. That's exactly what I'm going to give them.”
“However far back we may be able to trace the - so to speak - internal history of the Universe, there can be no question of arguing that this or that external origin is either probable or improbable. We do not have, and we necessarily could not have, experience of other Universes to tell us that Universes, or Universes with these particular features, are the work of Gods, or of Gods of this or that particular sort.”

Source : Antony Flew (1984). “God, freedom, and immortality: a critical analysis”
“I moved to Chicago and began attending the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. The students and teachers I met in Chicago were politically active and also passionate about the same things that I was interested in. It was a great match for me.”
“My soul knows my meat is doing bad things, and is embarrassed. But my meat just keeps right on doing bad, dumb things.”
“I am sure that no man can derive more pleasure from money or power than I do from seeing a pair of basketball goals in some out of the way place.”

Source : James Naismith (1941). “Basketball: Its Origin and Development”, p.109, U of Nebraska Press
“I just don't think it's healthy to only have one pursuit, even if it's a seemingly positive thing. You can do a positive thing to the nth degree, and it turns on you at some point. You become stuck.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Take from the altars of the past the fire - not the ashes.”
“We can either build a Star Trek future, in which our civilization rises to new heights, or descend into a Mad Max world. It is up to us.”

Source : "The Coming Problem of Our iPhones Being More Intelligent Than We Are" by Vivek Wadhwa, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 27, 2015.

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