"That ere long, now that curiosity has been so much excited on this subject, some human remains will be detected in the older alluvium of European valleys, I confidently expect."

-- Charles Lyell

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“Today we must all be aware that protocol takes precedence over procedure.”

Source : "Comedian Irwin Corey, 'The World's Foremost Authority,' Dies at 102" by Mike Miller, people.com. February 7, 2017.
“I remember Robin [Williams] walked up to me after the last take and said, "Thanks boss! We nailed it!" That will probably be one of the best moments of my life.”
“Critics who attack my wife bug me. It makes me want to pay 'em a visit so I could give 'em a good punch in the nose.”
“...it would be a simple way of solving the goiter problem. And in addition to that it would be the biggest thing in a medical proposition to be carried out in the state of Michigan, and Michigan is a large place. And as I thought of the thing the more convinced I became that this oughtn't to be a personal thing, This ought to be something done by the Michigan State Medical Society as a body. Recommending the addition of a trace of iodine to table salt.”
“The gift of knowledge is the highest gift in the world.”
“Objective journalism is one of the main reasons that American politics has been allowed to be so corrupt for so long.”
“I would never go to jail to protect animals or plants or wilderness. For me, itâ€™s about the people.”

Source : "What Love Looks Like". Interview with Terry Tempest Williams, orionmagazine.org. May 28, 2011.
“We are sitting on a cornucopia of knowing that we had no way to access as a democracy. We couldn't get the democratization of the human capacity before our time.”

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