The Church says that the earth is flat, but I know that it is round, for I have seen the shadow on the moon, and I have more faith in the shadow than in the Church.
—Ferdinand Magellan, c. 1510
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Doctors don’t know everything really. They understand matter, not spirit. And you and I live in spirit.
—William Saroyan, 1943There is no crime without precedent.
—Seneca the Younger, c. 60My advice to people today is as follows: if you take the game of life seriously, if you take your nervous system seriously, if you take your sense organs seriously, if you take the energy process seriously, you must turn on, tune in, and drop out.
—Timothy Leary, 1966We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another.
—Jonathan Swift, 1706Appearances are a glimpse of the obscure.
—Anaxagoras, c. 450 BCDon’t talk to me about naval tradition. It’s nothing but rum, sodomy, and the lash.
—Winston Churchill, 1939I’m doomed to die, right? Why should I care if I go to Hades either with gout in my leg or a runner’s grace? Plenty of people will carry me there.
—Nicharchus, c. 90God seems to have left the receiver off the hook, and time is running out.
—Arthur Koestler, 1967Every creature in the world is like a book and a picture, to us, and a mirror.
—Alain de Lille, c. 1200An oppressed people are authorized, whenever they can, to rise and break their fetters.
—Henry Clay, 1842How sad a sight is human happiness to those whose thoughts can pierce beyond an hour!
—Edward Young, 1741Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.
—George W. Bush, 2004