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“I always love to come to Austin.”
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“Our ideals, like the gods of old, are constantly demanding human sacrifices.”
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“The most lasting and pure gladness comes to me from my gardens.”
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“Voodoo doll belong in the house of voodoo.”
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“In less than eight years "The Origin of Species" has produced conviction in the minds of a majority of the most eminent living men of science. New facts, new problems, new difficulties as they arise are accepted, solved, or removed by this theory; and its principles are illustrated by the progress and conclusions of every well established branch of human knowledge.”
Source : Alfred Russel Wallace (2016). “Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection: A Series of Essays”, p.42, Library of Alexandria
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“Argo might well be studied as a bait-and-switch masterwork: In showing the capture of the American Embassy in Tehran, Ben Affleck first made a fetish of authenticity, then served up a shamelessly Hollywood, and wholly fictional climax, then capped the whole thing off with a coda that was essentially a tribute to his movie's authenticity, complete with side-by-side photos of the actors and their near-identical real-life counterparts. Well done, sir!”
Source : "Critics' Roundtable: What Was the Cultural Event of 2012?". www.vulture.com. December 2, 2012.
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“I don't think anyone has been slandered more than the Jews.”
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“Color is a language, like music.”
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“Driving is the only thing I love about F1.”
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“At some thoughts one stands perplexed - especially at the sight of men's sin - and wonders whether one should use force or humble love. Always decide to use humble love. If you resolve on that, once and for all, you may subdue the whole world. Loving humility is marvelously strong, the strongest of all things, and there is nothing else like it.”