“…shall we say that the difference between a vegetarian and a cannibal is just a matter of taste?”
Leszek Kolakowski (1927–2009) Philosopher, historian of ideas
"The Idolatry of Politics", New Republic, 1986-June-16, page 31.
At Apple's 2013 Q1 earnings call http://arstechnica.com/apple/2013/01/tim-cook-on-the-imac-cannibalization-is-a-huge-opportunity-for-us/ (2013-01-23) <br class="br">iPad sales had been increasing at the expense of Mac sales.
“…shall we say that the difference between a vegetarian and a cannibal is just a matter of taste?”
Leszek Kolakowski (1927–2009) Philosopher, historian of ideas
"The Idolatry of Politics", New Republic, 1986-June-16, page 31.
“We cannibals must help these Christians.”
Herman Melville (1818–1891) American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet
Source: Moby-Dick or, The Whale
William Winwood Reade (1838–1875) British historian
Source: The Martyrdom of Man (1872), Chapter IV, "Intellect"
“People are just cannibals unless they leave each other alone.”
Doris Lessing book The Golden Notebook
Source: The Golden Notebook
Marshall McLuhan (1911–1980) Canadian educator, philosopher, and scholar-- a professor of English literature, a literary critic, and a …
Source: 1960s, Hot & Cool (1967), p. 261
Samuel Butler (1835–1902) novelist
Cannibalism
The Note-Books of Samuel Butler (1912), Part II - Elementary Morality
“Everything we do in life is based on fear, especially love.”
Mel Brooks (1926) American director, writer, actor, and producer
“A kiss is the beginning of cannibalism.”
Georges Bataille (1897–1962) French intellectual and literary figure
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“Is it not strange that we fear most that which never happens?”
Napoleon Hill (1883–1970) American author
Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941) Bengali polymath
Sādhanā : The Realisation of Life http://www.spiritualbee.com/spiritual-book-by-tagore/ (1916) <br class="br">Context: We never can have a true view of man unless we have a love for him. Civilisation must be judged and prized, not by the amount of power it has developed, but by how much it has evolved and given expression to, by its laws and institutions, the love of humanity. The first question and the last which it has to answer is, Whether and how far it recognises man more as a spirit than a machine? Whenever some ancient civilisation fell into decay and died, it was owing to causes which produced callousness of heart and led to the cheapening of man's worth; when either the state or some powerful group of men began to look upon the people as a mere instrument of their power; when, by compelling weaker races to slavery and trying to keep them down by every means, man struck at the foundation of his greatness, his own love of freedom and fair-play. Civilisation can never sustain itself upon cannibalism of any form. For that by which alone man is true can only be nourished by love and justice.