"As a species, we're addicted to the facile discrimination involved in saying that something or phenomenon is either 'this' or 'that' - how much more uncomfortable that it may well be 'the other'."

-- Will Self

#May Quotes #Discrimination Quotes #Uncomfortable Quotes

“There's a theory, one I find persuasive, that the quest for knowledge is, at bottom, the search for the answer to the question: Where was I before I was born. In the beginning was what? Perhaps, in the beginning, there was a curious room, a room like this one, crammed with wonders; and now the room and all it contains are forbidden you, although it was made just for you, had been prepared for you since time began, and you will spend all your life trying to remember it.”
“Sometimes it takes failure to figure out who you aren't.”
“Craftsmanship isn't like water in an earthen pot, to be taken out by the dipperful until it's empty. No, the more drawn out the more remains.”
“My management tells me, Don't be optimistic, because it's the young people's world now. They want to hear what they want to hear, and you're a classic rocker. I don't know if you're gonna get the play.”
“I love 3-D, and for certain movies it can be really great, and for certain movies it can be poison.”

Source : "Interview: Director Jon M. Chu On 'Extraordinary Dancers', 'G.I. Joe 2', and 'Masters Of The Universe'". Interview with Alex Zalben, www.mtv.com. October 26, 2012.
“You can't measure the mutual affection of two human beings by the number of words they exchange.”
“What did the last Easter Islander say as he chopped down the last tree? The Easter Islanders didnt have anthropologists.”
“Defy the crowd. The crowd isnâ€™t always wise. It can also lead you down a path of silliness, sub-optimal choices, and downright destruction. Enchantment is as necessary for people to diverge from a crowd as it is to get people to join one.”

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