Nothing from nothing ever yet was born.
—Lucretius, c. 58 BCQuotes
The mind is led on, step by step, to defeat its own logic.
—Dai Vernon, 1994To blow and to swallow at the same time is not easy; I cannot at the same time be here and also there.
—Plautus, c. 200 BCIn the past, men created witches; now they create mental patients.
—Thomas Szasz, 1970Men willingly believe what they wish.
—Julius Caesar, c. 50 BCThe most beautiful emotion we can experience is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of all true art and science.
—Albert Einstein, 1930Once something becomes discernible, or understandable, we no longer need to repeat it. We can destroy it.
—Robert Wilson, 1991Appearances often are deceiving.
—Aesop, c. 550 BCThere is nothing that man fears more than the touch of the unknown. He wants to see what is reaching toward him and to be able to recognize or at least classify it. Man always tends to avoid physical contact with anything strange.
—Elias Canetti, 1960Bid me discourse, I will enchant thine ear.
—William Shakespeare, 1592Any serious attempt to do anything worthwhile is ritualistic.
—Derek Walcott, 1986Superstitions are habits rather than beliefs.
—Marlene Dietrich, 1962Many are the wonders of the world, and none so wonderful as man.
—Sophocles, c. 441 BC