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“I have been asked whether I would agree that the tragedy of the scientist is that he is able to bring about great advances in our knowledge, which mankind may then proceed to use for purposes of destruction. My answer is that this is not the tragedy of the scientist; it is the tragedy of mankind.”
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“One of the virtues of being very young is that you don't let the facts get in the way of your imagination.”
Source : Sam Levenson (1969). “Sex and the Single Child”
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“If you know everything, it's the end, no?”
Source : Source: wwd.com
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“New York and LA are both great places to visit, but I wouldnt want to live in either of them now. I find New York extremely claustrophobic and dirty. LA is quite a nice place. But theres no hustle and bustle, no street life.”
Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com. 
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“All women are flirts, but some are restrained by shyness, and others by sense.”
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“How many snapshots in the world were actually just-after shots, the moment that elicited the shooter to press the button never captured; instead, the detritus just following, the laughter, the reaction, the ripples.”
Source : Reif Larsen (2010). “The Selected Works of T. S. Spivet: A Novel”, p.137, Penguin
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“We have employments assigned to us for every circumstance in life. When we are alone, we have our thoughts to watch; in the family, our tempers; and in company, our tongues.”
Source : Hannah More (1811). “Practical piety, or, The influence of religion of the heart on the conduct of the life”, p.47
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“I watched her die many times. In my way, not in hers. In sunlight, in shadow, by moonlight, by candlelight. In the long afternoons when the house was empty. Only the sun was there to keep us company. We shut him out. And why not? Very soon she was as eager for what's called loving as I was - more lost and drowned afterwards.”
