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“In the plays of Shakespeare man appears as he is, made up of a crowd of passions which contend for the mastery over him, and govern him in turn.”
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“I have been all men known to history , Wondering at the world and at time passing; I have seen evil , and the light blessing Innocent love under a spring sky .”
Source : "Song at the Year's Turning : Poems, 1942-1954". Book by R. S. Thomas, 1955.
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“Those readiest to criticise are often least able to appreciate.”
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“The language of art is powerful to those who understand it, and puzzling to those who do not. What we do know is that here was the modern human mind at work, spinning symbolism and abstraction in a way that only Homo sapiens is capable of doing.”
Source : Richard Leakey (2008). “The Origin Of Humankind”, p.124, Hachette UK
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“Although I do have a sailor's mouth, it's not attractive for me to hear men cursing. That kinda talk is not charming.”
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“I realize that some people will not believe that a child of little more than ten years is capable of having such feelings. My story is not intended for them. I am telling it to those who have a better knowledge of man. The adult who has learned to translate a part of his feelings into thoughts notices the absence of these thoughts in a child, and therefore comes to believe that the child lacks these experiences, too. Yet rarely in my life have I felt and suffered as deeply as at that time.”
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“When you leave Africa, as the plane lifts, you feel that more than leaving a continent you're leaving a state of mind. Whatever awaits you at the other end of your journey will be of a different order of existence.”
Source : Francesca Marciano (1999). “Rules of the Wild: A Novel of Africa”, Vintage Books
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“I wanted to be Laurence Olivier, basically, to be a great classical actor, and also be able to do modern things.”
