Quotes
There'll be two dates on your tombstone. And all your friends will read 'em. But all that's gonna matter is that little dash between 'em.
Whoever refuses to remember the inhumanity is prone to new risks of infection.
There were many ways of not burdening one's conscience, of shunning responsibility, looking away, keeping mum. When the unspeakable truth of the Holocaust then became known at the end of the war, all too many of us claimed that they had not known anything about it or even suspected anything.
Seeking to forget makes exile all the longer; the secret of redemption lies in remembrance.
All of us, whether guilty or not, whether old or young, must accept the past. It is not a case of coming to terms with the past. That is not possible. It cannot be subsequently modified or undone.
Miracles sometimes occur, but one has to work terribly hard for them.
I head a nation of a million presidents.
Einstein explained his theory to me every day, and on my arrival I was fully convinced that he understood it.
The computer programmer is a creator of universes for which he alone is responsible. Universes of virtually unlimited complexity can be created in the form of computer programs.
People find out I'm an actress and I see that 'whore' look flicker across their eyes.
I once made the mistake of telling someone that I always wanted to be a barrister - and I got a pitying look, flollowed by an article along lines 'the poor little tart thinks she could get a proper job, but look at the way she photographs'
I have absolutely no empathy for camels. I didn't care for being abused in the Middle East by those horrible, horrible, horrible creatures. They don't like people. It's not at all like the relationship between horses and humans.
I find Hollywood really toxic.
How can a guy climb trees, say "Me, Tarzan, you, Jane," and make a million? The public forgives my acting because they know I was an athlete. They know I wasn't make-believe.
We're all so clogged with dead ideas passed from generation to generation that even the best of us don't know the way out.
Once and for all the idea of glorious victories won by the glorious army must be wiped out. Neither side is glorious. On either side they're just frightened men messing their pants and they all want the same thing - not to lie under the earth, but to walk upon it - without crutches.
Most idealistic people are skint. I have discovered that people with money have no imagination, and people with imagination have no money.
I moved to New York City for my health. I'm paranoid and it was the only place where my fears were justified.
It is no longer a question of controlling a military-industrial complex, but rather, of keeping the United States from becoming a totally military culture.
Getting an Education from MIT is like taking a drink from a Fire Hose.