“All human beings are becoming humanoids. All over the world, not just in America. We’re just getting there faster since we’re the most advanced country.” – Howard Beale
“History is indeed little more than the register of crimes, follies and misfortunes of mankind.”
– Edward Gibbon, historian (1737-1794)
“Nothing is easier than self-deceit. For what each man wishes, that he also believes to be true.”
– Demosthenes
“A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.”
– William James
If our species does self-destruct, it won’t be because of addictions. It will be because of the dishonesty caused by additions.
“It is hard to free fools from the chains they revere.” – Voltaire
“New opinions often appear first as jokes and fancies, then as blasphemies and treason, then as questions open to discussion, and finally as established truths.” – George Bernard Shaw
“The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.”
– Mahatma Gandhi