Before the earth could become an industrial garbage can, it had first to become a research laboratory.
—Theodore Roszak, 1972
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As usual, what we call “progress” is the exchange of one nuisance for another nuisance.
—Havelock Ellis, 1914Under the pressure of the cares and sorrows of our mortal condition, men have at all times and in all countries, called in some physical aid to their moral consolations—wine, beer, opium, brandy, or tobacco.
—Edmund Burke, 1795Freedom is about the willingness of every single human being to cede to lawful authority a great deal of discretion about what you do.
—Rudy Giuliani, 1999Don’t try to make a profit on a bad trade; just try to find the best place to get out.
—Linda Bradford Raschke, 1992Sex is the last refuge of the miserable.
—Quentin Crisp, 1968Far water cannot quench near fire.
—Japanese proverbI look for the end of the future, but it never ceases to arrive.
—Zhuangzi, c. 325 BCAfter all, crime is only a left-handed form of human endeavor.
—John Huston, 1950No poems can please long, nor live, that are written by water drinkers.
—Horace, 35 BCThe day unravels what the night has woven.
—Walter Benjamin, 1929The fear of war is worse than war itself.
—Seneca, c. 50Without virtue, both riches and honor, to me, seem like the passing cloud.
—Confucius, c. 350 BC