"I have long been convinced that institutions purely democratic must, sooner or later, destroy liberty or civilization, or both."

-- Thomas B. Macaulay

#Freedom Quotes #Civilization Quotes #Long Quotes

“Now I am short on some props, and there isn't nearly enough time in one night to run through all the ways I've fantasized about taking you, but I promise you this..." His voice deepened, "You'll be scandalized in the morning when you can think again.”
“Quite often good things have hurtful consequences. There are instances of men who have been ruined by their money or killed by their courage.”
“American and Vietnamese characters alike leap to life through the voice and eyes of a tenyearold girl-a protagonist so strong, loving, and vivid I longed to hand her a wedge of freshly cut papaya.”
“An equation means nothing to me unless it expresses a thought of God.”

Source : "The Man Who Knew Infinity fails to break the mathematical mould" by Jacob Aron, www.newscientist.com. April 08, 2016.
“The sound of progress is perhaps the sound of plummeting hypotheses.”
“They change scapegoats at the networks more regularly than some people change socks.”
“What do women want? A guy they can't drive crazy. There aren't many around. But they try. They can't help it, it's their nature.”
“I always thought success was from inside, so it was how diversified you were as a person and how cultivated or how much you cultivated yourself.”

Source : Interview with Todd Gilchrist, www.ign.com. August 29, 2005.

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