"No society lies nearer to the cyclonic path of the forces of world change than the United States, and few societies are more intellectually aware of the nature of the issues that have to be faced"

-- Christopher Dawson

#Lying Quotes #Issues Quotes #United States Quotes

“What is needed in the present plight of mankind is not more science but a change of heart that shall move mankind to devote to constructive and peaceful purposes ...”
“And yet, and yet, in these our ghostly lives, Half night, half day, half sleeping, half awake, How if our waking life, like that of sleep, Be all a dream in that eternal life To which we wake not till we sleep in death”

Source : Pedro Calderon De La Barca (2015). “Life Is A Dream”, p.115, eKitap Projesi
“Americans are a quarter of a billion people who have almost nothing in common except for the fact they've been told they have lots in common.”
“People have always told me a lot that I remind them of Joyce DeWitt.”

Source : "Jane Wiedlin lists her favorite SF things" by Aidin Vaziri, www.sfgate.com. February 26, 2012.
“All space must be attached to a value, to a public dimension. There is no private space. The only private space that you can imagine is the human mind.”
“I have a disease, but I also have a lot of other things”

Source : "Multiple Sclerosis". The Washington Post Live Online discussion, www.washingtonpost.com. June 2, 2004.
“None but ourselves can free our minds.”
“It is a pity that there are no big creatures to prey on humanity. If there were enough dragons and rocs, perhaps mankind would turn its might against them. Unfortunately man is preyed upon by microbes, which are too small to be appreciated.”

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