"Time and space are absolute. Diseases are evil spirits that inhabit the body. Parallel lines never meet. The earth is the center of the universe. Children are miniature adults. At one time in history each of these beliefs was generally held to be true. Each, however, gave way to different ideas and even different world views."

-- Michael Lewis

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“I had been invited to speak after the lunch. But I did not go to the table until the feast ended, as I never like to eat or talk before speaking.”
“Tomorrow is another day, we rather hope it will be better but better it won't be unless self-foibles are examined.”

Source : Barbara Oakley (2010). “Evil Genes: Why Rome Fell, Hitler Rose, Enron Failed, and My Sister Stole My Mother's Boyfri end”, p.140, Prometheus Books
“A drop of honey catches more flies than a gallon of gall. So with men. If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend. Therein is a drop of honey which catches his heart, which, say what he will, is the highroad to his reason.”
“The big threat to the planet is people: there are too many, doing too well economically and burning too much oil.”
“The mountain remains unmoved at seeming defeat by the mist.”
“That which God said to the rose, and caused it to laugh in full-blown beauty, He said to my heart, and made it a hundred times more beautiful.”
“I remember when I was very little my idol was Britney Spears. I had just come to California and that's just who I wanted to meet. So I was in a store and she walked in and my jaw just fell to the floor. I started like sweating. I could not believe that I was meeting her. She told me that I was very cute. And I lost it â€” I was so excited.”
“If active or concerned citizens forfeit politics, they thereby abandon their society to its most mediocre and venal public servants”

Source : Tony Judt (2010). “Ill Fares the Land”, p.84, Penguin

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