"There is a big difference between just learning something, and actually LIVING what you learn."

“There is no civilization that did not begin with art, Whether it was drawing a line in the sand, painting a cave or dancing.”

“Growth can also involve producing services instead of goods. In particular, a major expansion of public and caring services (like child care, education, elder care, and other life-affirming programs) would generate huge increases in GDP and incomes, with virtually no impact on the environment.”

Source : Jim Stanford (2008). “Economics for everyone: a short guide to the economics of capitalism”, Pluto Pr

“I find it interesting that 16-year-olds are having plastic surgery. People in their 40s used to think, 'I'm aging, I have to do something about it.' Now children are deciding they don't like the way they look.”

“It's heartbreaking that so many hundreds of millions of people around the world are desperate for the right to vote, but here in America people stay home on election day.”

“Music journalists are some of the lazy, most uninspired, dull people I've ever met...”

“You can't have cinema by committee if you're trying to do it well.”

“I feel a bit of an imposter talking about the science. I'm not a scientist, you may be aware. I read English Literature.”

“For we are all sprung from earth and water”