"For talking monkeys to speak of truth is hubris of the highest degree. Where is it writ large that talking monkeys should be able to model the cosmos? If a sea urchin or a racoon were to propose to you that it had a viable truth about the universe, the absurdity of that assertion would be self-evident, but in our case we make an exception."

-- Terence McKenna

#Self Quotes #Talking Quotes #Sea Quotes

“The further human society drifts away from nature, the less we understand interdependence .”
“As a culture women are brought up to be fundamentally insecure”

Source : "CNN Newsroom" with Martin Savidge, www.cnn.com. January 22, 2011.
“It is true that there are not many smiling faces in modern art galleries. Happy art is much harder to make. Art and humour are uneasy bedfellows. Artists need strong feelings to motivate them to make things. I am often fuelled by anger.”

Source : Source: www.theguardian.com
“Our task is not to make societies safe for globalization, but to make the global system safe for decent societies.”
“People give one another things that can't be gift wrapped.”

Source : Nadine Gordimer (2005). “Get a Life”
“I am delighted to be back home in Galway, the place I first came to as a 19-year-old in 1960. It's here where my heart is and will forever be.”

Source : "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.
“You may be as different as the sun and the moon, but the same blood flows through both your hearts. You need her, as she needs you...”
“Sometimes in life, you will get knocked down.”

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