“If a person asked my advice, before undertaking a long voyage, my answer would depend upon his possessing a decided taste for some branch of knowledge, which could by this means be advanced. No doubt it is a high satisfaction to behold various countries and the many races of mankind, but the pleasures gained at the time do not counterbalance the evils.” IfsMeanPersonsLongCountryEvilAnswersPleasureRaceDoubtAdviceMankindDependsTasteDecidedSatisfactionVariousBranchesNo DoubtVoyagesPossessingUndertakings Book:The Voyage of the Beagle Source: The Voyage of the Beagle
“I think we're entering a very dangerous time. The West has set itself up, decided it's in charge, not for good intentions, not for the benefit of mankind.” ThinkingTimeMankindDangerousBenefitsDecidedIntentionWestEnteringGood Intentions Author:Thom Yorke
“Any sensible ruler would have killed off Leonard, and Lord Vetinari was extremely sensible and often wondered why he had not done so. He'd decided that it was because, imprisoned in the priceless, inquiring amber of Leonard's massive mind, underneath that bright investigative genius was a kind of willful innocence that might in lesser men be called stupidity. It was the seat and soul of that force which, down the millennia, had caused mankind to stick its fingers in the electric light socket of the Universe and play with the switch to see what happened - and then be very surprised when it did.” MenMindKindSoulDonePlayLightMightUniverseForceLordHappenedMankindGeniusDecidedSticksFingersStupidityInnocenceSeatsMassiveSensibleRulersElectricPricelessAmberInquiringElectric LightVetinari Author:Terry Pratchett