Men do less than they ought, unless they do all that they can. – Thomas Carlyle
Foolish men imagine that because judgment for an evil thing is delayed, there is no justice but only accident here below. Judgment for an evil thing is many times delayed some day or two, some century or two, but it is sure as life, it is sure as death. – Thomas Carlyle
Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what clearly lies at hand. – Thomas Carlyle
A person who is gifted sees the essential point and leaves the rest as surplus. – Thomas Carlyle
In my books the technology that I choose to talk about has to serve the themes. What that means is that I end up having to cut out a lot of cool technology that would be really fun to describe and play with, but which would just confuse everybody. So in Amped, I focus on neural implants. – Daniel H. Wilson
None of us had any idea of how successful Downton was going to be. I thought I was signing up for another period drama that had a slightly modern feel. It had a freedom about it because it was coming out of the head of Julian Fellowes. Anything could happen and generally did. – Dan Stevens