Quotes
Authors
Stanislaw Lem

"There are friends with whom we share neither interests nor any particular experiences, friends with whom we never correspond, whom we seldom meet and then only by chance, but whose existence nonetheless has for us a special if uncanny meaning. For me the Eiffel Tower is just such a friend, and not merely because it happens to be the symbol of a city, for Paris leaves me neither hot nor cold. I first became aware of this attachment of mine when reading in the paper about plans for its demolition, the mere thought of which filled me with alarm."

-- Stanislaw Lem

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“We really didn't talk a whole lot about relationships. I believe I asked if he had ever been married, and he said no.”
“Wild animals are just as confused as people are now. You've got toxins in the water, oil, sewage, all sorts of things.”
“Humility neither falls far, nor heavily.”
“A panda walks into a cafe. He orders a sandwich, eats it, then draws a gun and fires two shots in the air. "Why?" asks the confused waiter, as the panda makes towards the exit. The panda produces a badly punctuated wildlife annual and tosses it over his shoulder. "I'm a panda," he says, at the door. "Look it up." The waiter turns to the relevant entry and, sure enough, finds an explanation. Panda. Large black-and-white bear-like mammal, native to China. Eats, shoots and leaves.”

Source : "Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation". Book by Lynne Truss, November 6, 2003.
“Once I found out how much an Off-Off-Broadway actor makes, I was whoring myself out the next day.”

Source : Interview with Keith Phipps, www.avclub.com. December 4, 2006.
“Teamwork does not come naturally. Let's face it. We are born with certain inclinations, but sharing isn't one of them.”
“The best advice I've got was - "All you have is the process. All you have is the journey of making something. Once you're done you have absolutely no control on how it's received, or if people like it or hate it, or what is done with it. As long as you enjoy the process, then you'll always be happy." I really feel like that's important advice. Sometimes we get so focused on the results that we miss doing it - we miss the adventure of being in the midst of something because we're looking too far ahead.”
“Those who wash regularly should not stoop to democracy.”

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