"I don't think it's the job of theatre at the moment to provide political propaganda; that would be simplistic. We have to explore our situation further before we will understand it."

-- Edward Bond

#Jobs Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Political Quotes

“Our heroes are fighting to bring stability to the Middle East, and they have put pressure on all of the tyrannies of the Middle East. They have taken a stand against tyranny, against terrorists, and for the prospect of decent societies throughout that region.”
“Oops, I thought. Oops is an all-purpose word standing for every bit of profanity, blasphemy, and pornographic and scatological execration I could think of.”
“I gave a very dear friend of mine my humanitarian award. Because you don't need an award to be, or not be, a humanitarian.”
“The idea behind digital computers may be explained by saying that these machines are intended to carry out any operations which could be done by a human computer.”

Source : "Computing Machinery and Intelligence". Mind - A Quarterly Review of Psychology and Philosophy, Volume 59, No. 236, p. 436, 1950.
“Sports is to war as ***** is to sex. We get to exercise some ancient, ancient drives.”
“I hate living in a really small apartment, living in a shoebox, not being able to play the drums, not having space. It sucks.”
“Money was invented as a lubricant for the barter system, but we're way overdue for a lube and oil change.”
“I want to take the word Christianity back to Christ himself, back to that mighty heart whose pulse seems to throb through the world to-day, that endless fountain of charity out of which I believe has come all true progress and all civilization that deserves the name .. I go back to that great Spirit which contemplated a sacrifice for the whole of humanity. That sacrifice is not one of exclusion, but of an infinite and endless and joyous inclusion. And I thank God for it.”

Source : "What is Religion?". Speech at the "Parliament of World Religions", Columbian Exposition, Chicago World's Fair, 1893.

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