"To consider the Earth as the only populated world in infinite space is as absurd as to assert that in an entire field of millet, only one grain will grow."

-- Metrodorus of Chios

#Space Quotes #World Quotes #Earth Quotes

“Because there is so little room for expression otherwise, a lot of people love cinema because they find it a way of expressing themselves.”
“Those two principles: We're supposed to love one another and we're supposed to work together to make the experience better. That's all the religion you need, really, to make a success of this planet...”
“I never allow myself to be pressured.”
“It is not your paintings I like, it is your painting.”
“You have a genius for bringing trouble upon yourself”
“Coconut milk is the only thing on this planet that comes identically to mother's milk.”
“Well, I don't feel that I've played so many bad guys, and I'm rot really drawn to villains per se. I think a lot of people relate to some of my characters' inner struggles.”
“My mother once told me that if a married couple puts a penny in a pot for every time they make love in the first year, and takes a penny out every time after that, they'll never get all the pennies out of the pot.”

Source : Armistead Maupin (1989). “Tales of the city ; More tales of the city ; Further tales of the city: an omnibus”, Vintage

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