"I think we are just insects, we live a bit and then die and thatâ€™s the lot. Thereâ€™s no mercy in things. Thereâ€™s not even a Great Beyond. Thereâ€™s nothing."

-- John Fowles

#Thinking Quotes #Mercy Quotes #Insects Quotes

“If in physics there's something you don't understand, you can always hide behind the uncharted depths of nature. You can always blame God. You didn't make it so complex yourself. But if your program doesn't work, there is no one to hide behind. You cannot hide behind an obstinate nature. If it doesn't work, you've messed up.”
“Women are all female impersonators to some degree.”

Source : Susan Brownmiller (1985). “Femininity”, Fawcett
“It looks like we will have a bi-polar reality”

Source : "Defiant Hamas takes charge / Palestinian Legislative Council says it will not recognize Israel" by Scott Wilson, www.sfgate.com. February 19, 2006.
“Music is art, and art is important and rare. Important, rare things are valuable. Valuable things should be paid for. Itâ€™s my opinion that music should not be free, and my prediction is that individual artists and their labels will someday decide what an albumâ€™s price point is. I hope they donâ€™t underestimate themselves or undervalue their art.”
“I don't believe in luck. Luck comes to men of action.”
“We, women of one country, Will be too tender of those of another country To allow our sons to be trained to injure theirs.”

Source : Julia Ward Howe (1871). “Proceedings of a peace meeting held at Union league hall, New York, December 23rd, 1870, for the purpose of free consultation on the subject of a woman's peace congress for the world, as proposed by ... Julia Ward Howe”, p.30
“If you make just a straight scary movie, people are just - you don't know what they're thinking.”
“My belief is that guns are too easy to get in America. My belief is that the NRA has bought much of our congress, to the point that guns are actually the only unregulated consumer product in America. Think about that. It's stunning.”

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