"Industry has operated against the artisan in favor of the idler, and also in favor of capital and against labor. Any mechanical invention whatsoever has been more harmful to humanity than a century of war."

-- Remy de Gourmont

#War Quotes #Humanity Quotes #Favors Quotes

“My family and our neighbors and friends thought of Africa and its Africans as extensions of the stereotyped characters that we saw in movies and on television in films such as 'Tarzan' and in programs such as 'Ramar of the Jungle' and 'Sheena, Queen of the Jungle.'”
“Not every puzzle is intended to be solved. Some are in place to test your limits. Others are, in fact, not puzzles at all...”
“The drug which makes sexuality palatable in popular mythology.”
“Space excites me. My dream is to go to space.”

Source : "Karen Gillan - this year's model". Interview With Eva Wiseman, www.theguardian.com. January 14, 2012.
“It's fine to work on any problem, so long as it generates interesting mathematics along the way - even if you don't solve it at the end of the day.”

Source : "Andrew Wiles on Solving Fermat". NOVA Interview, www.pbs.org. November 1, 2000.
“If you can't handle the baggage, you'll have to get out of the baggage room.”
“So far I've always kept my diet secret but now I might as well tell everyone what it is. Lots of grapefruit throughout the day and plenty of virile young men.”
“The problem with having evil minions is that minions are stupid.”

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