I've never thought it was necessary to make fun of people - you can find fun in people without necessarily mocking them.
Things fall apart, it's scientific.
I'm afraid that reason will triumph and that the world will become a place where anyone who doesn't fit that will become unnecessary
Maybe it's naïve, but I would love to believe that once you grow to love some aspect of a culture-its music, for instance -you can never again think of the people of that culture as less than yourself. I would like to believe that if I am deeply moved by a song originating from some place other than my own homeland, then I have in some way shared an experience with the people of that culture. I have been pleasantly contaminated. I can identify in some small way with it and its people.
Interviewer: If I gave you fifty dollars, right now, what would you do with it?David Byrne: I would get something to eat.
I have something to say about the difference between American and European cities, but I forgot what it was. I have it written down at home somewhere.
Book learning, or intelligence of one sort, doesn't guarantee you intelligence of another sort. You can behave just as stupidly with a good college education.
I don't think I have the ability or patience to teach badminton to others.
Liberalism is essentially the belief that there can be a reconciliation of all difficulties and differences, and since there can't, it is a misleading way to approach politics.
A prayer is directed by a supplicant toward someonesomething powerful who can grant a favor, and by putting daughters in that position, you place them in the position of power.
The poets, therefore, however much they adorned the gods in their poems, and amplified their exploits with the highest praises, yet very frequently confess that all things are held together and governed by one spirit or mind.