"How strangely is antiquity treated! To answer some purposes it is spoken of as the times of darkness and ignorance, and to answer others, it is put for the light of the world."

-- Thomas Paine

#Ignorance Quotes #Light Quotes #History Quotes

“It seems to me, correct me if I'm wrong, that there are an awful lot of people in Manhattan. And it's getting worse.”
“Sometimes it was worth all the disadvantages of marriage just to have that: one friend in an indifferent world.”
“One of the things that drives me crazy is the belief in Hollywood that bittorrent exists solely for stealing things.”
“For the user, it doesn't matter whether he is getting access on Wi-Fi, 3G or 2G networks. What matters is good connectivity, and as a technology provider, our job is to hide the complexity of the technology.”
“Art, freedom and creativity will change society faster than politics.”
“If precious metals had been abundant, they would not have been precious.”
“Who of English speech, bred to the traditions of his race, does not recognize Hamlet in his 'inky cloak' at a glance? Not to know him would argue one's self untaught in the chief glories of his language.”
“A wedding is at once a crowded place and a private room, packed with trusts and empty of all but the heart's letters which one other heart may read and decipher.”

Source : Mark McMorris (2003). “The Blaze of the Poui: Poems”, p.67, University of Georgia Press

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