"It is the mission of the twentieth century to elucidate the irrational."

-- Maurice Merleau-Ponty

#Missions Quotes #Century Quotes #Irrational Quotes

“I've often lost faith in myself, I've never lost it in my family”
“Half of me is very excited and the other half is 'Haven't we seen this stuff before?' But I'm very impressed. I almost couldn't picture it when it was being put together. I couldn't picture it being in my hand, what it would look like.”
“We have found that bats adjust the timing of their sounds when they encounter clutter, and they seem to 'strobe' the world with sound.”
“For my part I think the Learned, and Unlearned Blockhead pretty equal; for 'tis all one to me, whether a Man talk Nonsense, or unintelligible Sense, I am diverted and edified alike by either; the one enjoys himself less, but suffers his Friends to do it more; the other enjoys himself and his own Humour enough, but will let no body else do it in his Company.”
“Franco-American relations have been, and always will be, both conflictual and excellent. The U.S. finds France unbearable with its pretensions; we find the U.S. unbearable with its hegenomism. But deep down, we remember that the 'boys' - came to help us two times, just as the Americans remember that the French helped them with their independence. So there will be sparks but no fire, because a real bond exists.”
“I dont find myself lobbying for projects. Filmmakers almost always come to me.”
“The bombs in Vietnam explode at home; they destroy the hopes and possibilities for a decent America.”
“At the U.N., any nation that fights back is censored as an "aggressor."”

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