"Perhaps generations of students of human evolution, including myself, have been flailing about in the dark; that our data base is too sparse, too slippery, for it to be able to mold our theories. Rather the theories are more statements about us and ideology than about the past. Paleontology reveals more about how humans view themselves than it does about how humans came about, but that is heresy."

-- David Pilbeam

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“If you're 25 years old dressed up like Superman at a comic book convention, that's great. If you're 78 and you're doing it, something's wrong.”
“When we lose our individual independence in the corporateness of a mass movement, we find a new freedom â€” freedom to hate, bully, lie, torture, murder and betray without shame and remorse.”

Source : Eric Hoffer (1980). “The True Believer”
“Take these broken wings and learn to fly.”

Source : Song: Blackbird
“The French are predictably unpredictable.”
“To be resigned when ills betide, Patient when favours are deni'd, And pleas'd with favours given,- Dear Chloe, this is wisdom's part; This is that incense of the heart Whose fragrance smells to heaven.”

Source : "The Fireside, stanza 11". "Bartlett's Familiar Quotations", 10th edition, 1919.
“When we try to describe one person to another â€¦, what do we say? Not usually how or what that person ate, rarely what he wore, only occasionally how he managed his jobâ€”no, what we tell is what he said and, if we are good mimics, how he said it. We apparently consider a person's spoken words the true essence of his being.”

Source : Cleanth Brooks (2007). “The Language of the American South”, p.33, University of Georgia Press
“Working with Yahoo! allows us to give our fans a chance to listen to our songs, check out the video, purchase our new album, win tickets to our show, and chat with us all in one place.”
“When you're five years old, and you're running a business that people did not think there was room for, getting attention is not a bad thing. Letting it be known by whatever colorful language is necessary is not a bad thing.”

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