"Public opinion's always in advance of the law."

-- John Galsworthy

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“The average person is allergic to the words of wisdom.”

Source : Song: Voices of the Voiceless
“You probably found 'How to Survive a Robot Uprising' in the humor section. Let's just hope that is where it belongs.”
“Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.”
“What I really enjoy is not you; it's something that's greater than both you and me. It is something that I discovered, a kind of symphony, a kind of orchestra that plays one melody in your presence, but when you depart, the orchestra doesn't stop. When I meet someone else, it plays another melody, which is also very delightful. And when I'm alone, it continues to play.”
“[Steven Spielberg's films] are comforting, they always give you answers and I don't think they're very clever answers. ... The success of most Hollywood films these days is down to fact that they're comforting. They tie things up in nice little bows and give you answers, even if the answers are stupid, you go home and you don't have to think about it. ... The great filmmakers make you go home and think about it.”

Source : YouTube Channel "MeatTycoon"/"Terry Gilliam criticizes Spielberg and Schindler's List", www.youtube.com. August 14, 2009.
“Why don't you say "What?" if you like to sleep with your own sister.”
“To some will come a time when change itself is beauty, if not heaven.”

Source : Edwin Arlington Robinson (1966). “Selected poems”
“If in this hell of a world one can bring a little joy and peace even for a day into the heart of a single person, that much alone is true; this I have learnt after suffering all my life; all else is mere moonshine.”

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