"Man is the animal who weeps and laughs - and writes. If the first Prometheus brought fire from heaven in a fennel-stalk, the last will take it back - in a book."

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Source : John Cowper Powys (1938). “Enjoyment of Literature”, New York, Simon

John Cowper Powys

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“I couldnt change who I am; I couldnt change the kind of player I am.”
“The desert was bad, but nothing could compare with the horrors of a tropical rain forest.”
“Don't make excuses! Make changes!”
“You make me wish that birth control was retroactive.”
“Atheism is a fairy story for people afraid of the Light”

Source : "An Evening With John Lennox". "The Spirit of Things" with Rachael Kohn, www.abc.net.au. August 7, 2011.
“Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day.”
“As it has turned out, the whole relationship between men, women and children has tilted, to the disadvantage of women.”
“Cities should function more like ecosystems, or even metabolisms. When we build, we should be thinking about how we can integrate into the ecosystems around us, but without sacrificing all the niceties of civilization like good restaurants, concert halls, and high-speed Internet access. I'm saying that partly tongue-in-cheek, but I'm also deadly serious. The future of technology is sustainable ecology.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net

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