"There surely is in human nature an inherent propensity to extract all the good out of all the evil."

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Source : Benjamin Robert Haydon (1853). “Life of Benjamin Robert Haydon, historical painter”, p.472

Benjamin Haydon

#Evil Quotes #Human Nature Quotes #Propensity Quotes

“Bruce, youâ€™re an ugly and silly old man. Youâ€™re very possibly an alcoholic and God knows what else. Youâ€™re the type of sad case who preys on vulnerable, weak and stupid women in order to boost his own shattered ego. Youâ€™re a mess. Youâ€™ve gone wrong somewhere pal.”
“I speak English, obviously, Afrikaans, which is a derivative of Dutch that we have in South Africa. And then I speak African languages. So I speak Zulu. I speak Xhosa. I speak Tswana. And I speak Tsonga. And like - so those are my languages of the core. And then I don't claim German, but I can have a conversation in it. So I'm trying to make that officially my seventh language. And then, hopefully, I can learn Spanish.”
“We have already considered with disfavour the possibility of the universe having been planned by a biologist or an engineer; from the intrinsic evidence of his creation, the Great Architect of the Universe now begins to appear as a pure mathematician.”

Source : The Mysterious Universe ch. 5 (1930)
“I like to capture moments. It's like a photograph. Ten years from now you look at the photograph and you don't remember it but rather the whole week or month around the photo.”
“In trying to make something new, half the undertaking lies in discovering whether it can be done. Once it has been established that it can, duplication is inevitable.”
“People never leave a sinking ship until they see the lights of another ship approaching.”
“Watching something being constructed, whether you're passing a building site or whether you're watching an artist at work, is fascinating, and I think that's the enjoyment.”
“The difference between the first time I read something and the tenth time I read something is generally pretty profound. Even if the script is the same, just the way that I read it is different.”

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