"Whereas the intelligence of God is both the cause and the measure of the truth of things, things are both the cause and the measure of the truth of our intelligence."

-- Jacques Maritain

“It is well known that when Thomas A. Eddison was stymied by a problem, he would lie down and take a short nap.”
“Boredom and booze--cause and effect.”

Source : Samuel Hopkins Adams (1917). “Our Square and the People in it”
“My most cryptic, strange songs might be my most personal, but that isn't how people are going to receive them, because they don't know the code.”
“Every age has its storytelling form, and video gaming is a huge part of our culture. You can ignore or embrace video games and imbue them with the best artistic quality. People are enthralled with video games in the same way as other people love the cinema or theatre.”

Source : "Andy Serkis on Enslaved and acting in video games". Interview with Jack Arnott, www.theguardian.com. November 8, 2010.
“No one knows how ungentlemanly he can look, until he has seen himself in a shocking bad hat.”

Source : Robert Smith Surtees, John Leech, Hablot Knight Browne (1865). “Mr. Facey Romford's Hounds”, p.38
“I noticed you the first week. Not just because of how pretty you are, though of course, that played into it. It was the way you lean onto your elbows when you 're listening in class, when something catches your interest. And when you laugh, it's never to get attention, it's just-laughter. The way you obssevively tuck your hair behind your ear on the left side, but let the right side fall down like a screen. And when you 're bored, you tap your foot soundlessly and move your fingers on the desktop like you 're playing an instrument. I wanted to sketch you.”
“Our future lies with today's kids and tomorrow's space exploration.”
“There has been one defining production for me in each decade.”

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