“(Sylvia) Being a monopoly means never having to say you're sorry.”
Source: Sylvia cartoon strip, p.170
“(Sylvia) Being a monopoly means never having to say you're sorry.”
Source: Sylvia cartoon strip, p.170
“What I mean by an educated taste is someone who has the same tastes that I have.”
Reflections on Various Subjects (1665–1678), III. On Taste
There is a special providence in the fall of a sparrow. Even Drought bears fruit. Even death is a seed.
Chapter 5, A Special Providence (p. 82)
The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time (1994)
Triumph of the Nerds (1996)
1990s
“A widespread taste for pornography means that nature is alerting us to some threat of extinction.”
"News from the Sun" in Myths of the Near Future (1982)
Source: (1845), p. 112