"If we ever talk to aliens, their civilisation will be far more advanced than ours (because of distances involved). They won't be religious!"

-- Richard Dawkins

#Religious Quotes #Distance Quotes #Aliens Quotes

“Modesty is of no use to a beggar.”
“Ultimately when I throw myself behind a movie, I have to really believe in that directors vision.”
“Poets should speak out against what we see as the assault against our Constitution and the warmongering that's going on. I'm perfectly willing to lay down my life for my Constitution, but I am not willing to take a life for it or any other reason because I think killing people is counterproductive.”

Source : Interview with Anne-Marie Cusac, www.sharedhost.progressive.org. March 31, 2003.
“I know that if I could really understand mental illness, then it would be appropriate to make a big career shift. I would become a therapist and a leader in terms of mental illness. But I'm not in the position.”
“Be wise; soar not too high to fall; but stoop to rise.”

Source : 1623 The Duke of Milan, act1, sc.2.
“Better to have a small role in God's story than to cast yourself as the lead in your own fiction.”
“Let us ease the Roman people of their continual care, who think it long to await the death of an old man.”
“Increasing food production to feed an increased population results in yet another increase in population.”

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