Artificial intelligence
1. “Never send a human to do a machine’s job.” (The Matrix – motion picture)
Asia
2. “One is never truly alone in Asia, is that not so?” (Eric Van Lustbader, The Ninja)
3. “The world is different here.” (Eric Van Lustbader, The Ninja)
4. “… we have not yet caught up with the present… But give us time. We are most ingenious people. Once show us the way and there is our salvation. We are extremely flexible people. Watch out that we do not catch you and overtake you!” (Eric Van Lustbader, The Ninja)
Atheism
5. “He believed in himself; therefore he hid not need to believe in God” (Paul Theroux, My Other Life)
Beard
6. “A man with a beard was always a little suspect anyway. You couldn’t say you wore a beard because you liked a beard. People didn’t like you for telling the truth. You had to say you had a scar so you couldn’t shave.” (John Steinbeck, Cannery Row)
Beauty
7. “Beauty is perhaps a dangerous possession.” (Agatha Christie, The Companion)
8. “The dreadful thing is that beauty is not only terrifying but also mysterious.” (Fyodor Dostoevski, The Brothers Karamazov)
9. “Beauty is a terrible and awful thing!” (Fyodor Dostoevski, The Brothers Karamazov)
10. “But isn’t every life, isn’t every work beautiful?” (Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha)
