Wednesday, November 10, 2004

Quotations #003

"The path of memory is neither straight nor safe, and we travel down it at our peril." -- Neil Gaiman, Mr. Punch.

"If an elderly but distinguished scientist says that something is possible, he is almost certainly right, but if he says that it is impossible, he is very probably wrong." -- Arthur C. Clarke

"We are all innocent only in our own personal understanding." --- Gulya Hairullina, Novaya Gazeta 15 September 2003 (World Press Review December 2003)

"Ignorance is an evil weed, which dictators may cultivate among their crops, but which no democracy can afford among its citizens." -- Henry Beveridge, Full Employment in a Free Society, 1944.

"The worst sin towards our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them: that's the essence of inhumanity." -- G.B.Shaw, Devil's Disciple

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