Quote #15

'If the creator had a purpose in equipping us with a neck, he surely meant us to stick it out.'

Attribution disputed; shown as originally published.

More from Arthur Koestler

  1. 'Courage is never to let your actions be influenced by your fears.
  2. 'The offspring in the marriage of Eros and Logos is tolerance'
  3. 'A publisher who writes is like a cow in a milk bar.'
  4. 'Nothing is more sad than the death of an illusion.'
  5. 'Creative activity could be described as a type of learning process where teacher and pupil are located in the same individual.'
  6. 'Politics can be relatively fair in the breathing spaces of history; at its critical turning points there is no other rule possible than th…
  7. 'The most persistent sound which reverberates through man's history is the beating of war drums.'
  8. 'Scientists are peeping toms at the keyhole of eternity.'

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