"That shoreline where the island of knowing meets……" — William Irwin Thompson
"That shoreline where the island of knowing meets the unfathomable sea of our own being is the landscape of myth."
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William Irwin Thompson
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26 Quotes by William Irwin Thompson
William Irwin Thompson has 26 quotes on this site.
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Like a shadow that does not permit us to jump over it, but moves with us to maintain its proper…
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Science is the storytelling of our time.
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The conscious purpose of science is control of Nature; its unconscious effect is disruption and chaos.
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In the domain of cops and robbers, an interdiction serves to structure a black market and a shadow economy.
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The more chaos there is, the more science holds on to abstract systems of control, and the more chaos is…
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When we come to an edge we come to a frontier that tells us that we are now about to…
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But the time has come; the revelation has already occurred, and the guardian seers have seen the lightning strike the…
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Hominid and human evolution took place over millions and not billions of years, but with the emergence of language there…
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If humans died in a healthy culture, they would not lock out the earth in metal coffins and carve their…
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The future is beyond knowing, but the present is beyond belief.
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If a person is open to a new world view, it can often mean that he is not firmly rooted…
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For the first time in human evolution, the individual life is long enough, and the cultural transformation swift enough, that…
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More Island Quotes
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Hugging trees has a calming effect on me. I'm talking about enormous trees that will be there when we are…
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Geographically, Ireland is a medium-sized rural island that is slowly but steadily being consumed by sheep.
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This island is made mainly of coal and surrounded by fish. Only an organizing genius could produce a shortage of…
— Aneurin Bevan
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If September 11th has taught us anything, it's certainly that the world has never been so interdependent. It is impossible…
— Bono
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It's like turning the space program over to the Long Island Railroad.
— David R. Brower
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Places I've lived since then had to have some kind of uniqueness and character about them. And logically Key West,…
— Jimmy Buffett
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Personally, my interests are ancient history and ancient civilizations. In my own life, I'd like to go to places like…
— Nicolas Cage
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We have the character of an island nation: independent, forthright, passionate in defence of our sovereignty. We can no more…
— David Cameron
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I took four years off after 'In the Cut' because I wanted to see who I'd be without work. I…
— Jane Campion
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When I was Governor of Massachusetts, we worked to get Sable Island gas into New England.
— Paul Cellucci
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We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on…
— Winston Churchill
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Indeed, most magicians catch the bug as kids. My first audience was my family in Long Island. My first 'assistant'…
— Criss Angel
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