"Futurists and common sense concur that a substantial change, worldwide, in life style and moral guidelines will soon become an absolute necessity."

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Source : Statement in 1981. Special issue of Humankind Advancing, Volume 5, No.1, January 21, 1994.

Roger Wolcott Sperry

#Common Sense Quotes #Style Quotes #Moral Quotes

“Obviously it takes eight brains to come to one decision in this crowd. Good thing they have one another.”

Source : Mari Mancusi (2007). “Girls That Growl”, p.24, Penguin
“That eagle's fate and mine are one, Which, on the shaft that made him die, Espied a feather of his own, Wherewith he wont to soar so high.”
“Young people are more intelligent and sophisticated.”

Source : "Dianne Wiest at the 1996 Sundance Film Festival". Interview with Leslie Rigoulot, www.filmscouts.com. January 20, 1996.
“Wit has as few true judges as painting.”
“The destination you think is going to make you happy, doesn't. I always find myself thinking, "I'm getting ready right now, but when I get to the party it's going to be great!" Once at the party, I find myself going, "Man, can't wait to get in bed tonight. I'm pooped." It's like that with my career, too.”
“Women have all the power because women have all the vaginas.”
“...I told him a story of two people. Two people who shouldn't have met, and who didn't like each other much when they did, but who found they were the only two people in the world who could possibly have understood each other.”
“We are uncomfortable because everything in our life keeps changing -- our inner moods, our bodies, our work, the people we love, the world we live in. We can't hold on to anything -- a beautiful sunset, a sweet taste, an intimate moment with a lover, our very existence as the body/mind we call self -- because all things come and go. Lacking any permanent satisfaction, we continuously need another injection of fuel, stimulation, reassurance from loved ones, medicine, exercise, and meditation. We are continually driven to become something more, to experience something else.”

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