"The perversity of the Universe tends towards a maximum"

-- Larry Niven

#Maximum Quotes #Universe Quotes

“Pope has elegantly said a perfect woman's but a softer man. And if we take in the consideration, that there can be but one rule of moral excellence for beings made of the same materials, organized after the same manner, and subjected to similar laws of Nature, we must either agree with Mr. Pope, or we must reverse the proposition, and say, that a perfect man is a woman formed after a coarser mold.”
“Yes, I am a Jew, and when the ancestors of the right honorable gentleman were brutal savages in an unknown island, mine were priests in the temple of Solomon.”
“Men are every bit as gendered as women.”

Source : "Fathers, Sons and Guns : An Interview With USC Sociologist and Author Michael Messner". Interview with Jackson Katz, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 31, 2011.
“Don't like to do anything half-heartedly, even if it is a wicked and self-destructive avocation like smoking cigars”
“This poet is a griot in search of a village.”

Source : Kwame Dawes (2013). “Duppy Conqueror: New and Selected Poems”, p.109, Copper Canyon Press
“I'm developing artists for my new record label, my son's band, Intangible, being one of them.”
“Never kick a fresh turd on a hot day.”
“I'm a big believer in persistence, don't be greedy and, above all, work hard. It's what keeps me going.”

Source : "My nine to five: Caprice Bourret". Interview with Deany Judd, www.theguardian.com. November 27, 2009.

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