Incunabula Books Quotes

#1. Odd thing, ain't it ... you meet people one at a time, they seem decent, they got brains that work, and then they get together and you hear the voice of the people. And it snarls." "That's mob rule!

Terry Pratchett

#2. Man wants what he cannot have, or what is difficult to procure, or what he must wade through the blood of other men to get. So with collectors.

Vincent Starrett

#3. To put more faith in lies and hate than truth and love, is the true atheism.

James Russell Lowell

#4. Memory, like so much else, is unreliable. Not only for what it hides and what it alters, but also for what it reveals.

Anna Funder

#5. All religious systems enslave the mind. Certain things are demanded-certain things must be believed-certain things must be done-and the man who becomes the subject or servant of this superstition must give up all idea of indivuality or hope of intellectual growth or progress.

Robert Green Ingersoll

#6. In my experience, fear comes from not knowing what to expect and not feeling you have any control over what's about to happen. When you feel helpless, you're far more afraid than you would be if you knew the facts.

Chris Hadfield

#7. That's why the theory of evolution cannot accept the idea of souls, at least if by 'soul' we mean something indivisible, immutable and potentially eternal. Such an entity cannot possibly result from a step-by-step evolution. Natural

Yuval Noah Harari

#8. The solution to entrapment in the narcissistic hothouse of self is to not relinquish autobiographical writing, but to expand the self by bringing one's curiosity to interface with more and more history and the present world.

Phillip Lopate

#9. Breast-feeding is the natural, optimal way to feed a child.

Mayim Bialik

#10. The teenage female has less demand to perform and more resources to attract love. Her body and mind are more genetic gifts.

Warren Farrell

#11. Today - be the white clouds full of dreams and hopes in someone's sky.

Debasish Mridha