"That the universe was formed by a fortuitous concourse of atoms, I will no more believe than that the accidental jumbling of the alphabet would fall into a most ingenious treatise of philosophy."

-- Jonathan Swift

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“I've always been sceptical about the notion that the market is a person you can engage in an argument with, and that that person is an intelligent, rational, well-intentioned person: it is fantasy. We know that ... the market is subject to irrational optimism and pessimism, and is vindictive ... You're dealing with a crazy man ... Having got what he wants he will still kill you.”

Source : "The Money Man: Super-economist Joseph Stiglitz on how to fix the recession". Interview with Sean O'Grady, www.independent.co.uk. February 9, 2010.
“We must learn, and we are gradually learning, how to write history with the help of archaeology.”
“I go home and stay there. I wash and scrub up each day, and that's it. One month I actually grew a moustache, just so I could say that I'd done something.”
“One has to choose a word in English. If you want to be eligible for a literary prize you have to designate it as something.”

Source : Source: www.compulsivereader.com
“I think a good script is a rare thing, and I think no matter who you are you have to fight for the good ones.”

Source : "Q&A: Anna Kendrick on 'End of Watch,' Bald Heads & Scruffy Beards" by Kevin Polowy, www.mtv.com. September 19, 2012.
“We're really trying to give people the ability to go into a darkened room and have a couple hours of just pure enjoyment.”

Source : "Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle and Sir Ben Kingsley Talk IRON MAN 3, the Future of the Franchise, and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. April 23, 2013.
“If you think of your life as a kind of computation, it's quite abundantly clear that there's not going to be a final answer and there won't be anything particularly wonderful about having the computation halt!”
“Ale, man, ale's the stuff to drink for fellows whom it hurts to think.”

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