"What are we waiting for, assembled in the forum? The barbarians are due here today."

-- C.P. Cavafy

#Waiting Quotes #Barbarians Quotes #Today Quotes

“There's all these musicians in the world, and anybody that takes enough time to create a record or even think about the fantasy of rock & roll, it's a vulnerable place to be in, it's a huge thing to do.”
“We make and sell a very, very large number of (hopefully) beautiful, well-made things. Our success is a victory for purity, integrity - for giving a damn.”
“Servitude debases men to the point where they end up liking it.”
“What's green, hangs on a wall and whistles?”

Source : "The Joys of Yiddish". Book by Leo Rosten, 1968.
“There is a sort of exotic preposterousness about a lot of elections, the way arguments are made even cruder.”
“If we can't think for ourselves, if we're unwilling to question authority, then we're just putty in the hands of those in power. But if the citizens are educated and form their own opinions, then those in power work for us. In every country, we should be teaching our children the scientific method and the reasons for a Bill of Rights. With it comes a certain decency, humility and community spirit. In the demon-haunted world that we inhabit by virtue of being human, this may be all that stands between us and the enveloping darkness.”

Source : "The Demon-Haunted World : Science as a Candle in the Dark". Book by Carl Sagan, ch. 25: "Real Patriots Ask Questions", 1995.
“To accept Naturalism is to reject such entities as Cartesian minds, private visual and tactual spaces, angelic beings and God.”
“There are only two kinds of people in the world that really count. One kind's wheat and the other kind's emeralds.”

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