"We enjoy telling ourselves that we will soon be gods, masters of the planet, manipulating the genes of living creatures and rebuilding the world at a nano-level as we lie back in our hammocks, attended by our robot servants. I don't believe a word of it, and I'm not sure many of us do."

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Source : Source: therumpus.net

Paul Kingsnorth

#Lying Quotes #Believe Quotes #Hammocks Quotes

“The cause of the South was the cause of constitutional government, the cause of government regulated by law, and the cause of honesty and fidelity in public servants. No nobler cause did man ever fight for!”
“A prolonged future doesn't excite me. It would have to have a point.”

Source : "Fictional character: Robert Conway". "Lost Horizon", www.imdb.com. 1937.
“I romanced internally about early death till it was too late to die early ...”

Source : Harriet Martineau, Maria Weston Chapman (2010). “Harriet Martineau's Autobiography”, p.435, Cambridge University Press
“I think the deal is not great for the players. It is definitely an owner-friendly deal.”

Source : "NHL, Players' Union Reach Deal". www.foxnews.com. July 13, 2005.
“I think the myths are keeping us limited to, and tied to, what I would call the hyper-masculine tradition. All the major religions in the world have been founded by men and propagated by men.”

Source : Source: www.edgemagazine.net
“When on a summer's morn I wake, And open my two eyes, Out to the clear, born-singing rills My bird-like spirit flies. To hear the Blackbird, Cuckoo, Thrush, Or any bird in song; And common leaves that hum all day Without a throat or tongue. And when Time strikes the hour for sleep, Back in my room alone, My heart has many a sweet bird's song - And one that's all my own.”

Source : William Henry Davies, “When On A Summer's Morn”
“Medicine allows people to live who would otherwise die, so antibiotics will let people survive infections that they might be otherwise very vulnerable to and even little things might make a big difference, so I wear eyeglasses because my eyes aren't particularly strong, before there were eyeglasses someone at my age would probably not be good for much.”

Source : Source: bigthink.com
“When the Lakota leader Sitting Bull was asked by a white reporter why his people loved and respected him, Sitting Bull replied by asking if it was not true that among white people a man is respected because he has many horses, many houses? When the reporter replied that was indeed true, Sitting Bull then said that his people respected him because he kept nothing for himself.”

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