In the last century, as we learned more about genes, we were able to devise ways of accelerating evolution.
No Roman ever was able to say, 'I dined last night with the Borgias'.
The last thing I want my robot to be is sarcastic. I want them to be pragmatic and reliable - just like my dishwasher.
My mother was an enthusiastic chef but wildly disorganized, and often preferred purchasing yet another jar of mace or chili powder rather than having to hunt down its last incarnation.
Music isn't necessarily made to last, and there's always been disposable music.
There are some moments that are pretty distressing in 'Prometheus.' In fact, the last hour is pretty distressing.
I was fortunate in the last century to be in the two biggest hits film-wise, 'Godfather I' and 'Godfather II,' and 'Lonesome Dove.'
The level of shyness has gone up dramatically in the last decade. I think shyness is an index of social pathology rather than a pathology of the individual.
Dreams are true while they last, and do we not live in dreams?
I drink too much. The last time I gave a urine sample it had an olive in it.
No verse can give pleasure for long, nor last, that is written by drinkers of water.
Last summer a second unit production crew went to France and shot scenes for several of this season's episodes. They shot costumed actors in and around real castles and landmarks, we couldn't possibly have duplicated here in Hollywood.
The school is the last expenditure upon which America should be willing to economize.
Best two rock voices I've heard in a last few years both have been from grunge bands: it's Eddie Vedder and the other one is Chris Cornell from Soundgarden.
In the last quarter of the eighteenth century bourgeois Europe needed to emancipate itself from that combination of feudalism and commercial capitalism which we know as mercantilism.
I'm at the beginning of it. I'm Elektra's last job before the story kicks off.
It's been a grand, elevating, life-confirming experience these last two years.
Yesterday ended last night. Today is a brand-new day.
In the last four years under the Patriot Act, we have seen a great increase in the ability of law enforcement officials to investigate and track terrorists.
Once the last trace of emotion has been eradicated, nothing remains of thought but absolute tautology.
