Archaeology is the peeping Tom of the sciences. It is the sandbox of men who care not where they are going; they merely want to know where everyone else has been.

Quote by Jim Bishop

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It is difficult to live in the present, ridiculous to live in the future, and...

It is difficult to live in the present, ridiculous to live in the future, and...

Archaeology is the peeping Tom of the sciences. It is the sandbox of men who...

Archaeology is the peeping Tom of the sciences. It is the sandbox of men who...

When you read about a car crash in which two or three youngsters are killed,...

When you read about a car crash in which two or three youngsters are killed,...

Watching your daughter being collected by her date feels like handing over a million dollar...

Watching your daughter being collected by her date feels like handing over a million dollar...

A newspaper is lumber made malleable. It is ink made into words and pictures. It...

A newspaper is lumber made malleable. It is ink made into words and pictures. It...

A good writer is not, per se, a good book critic. No more so than...

A good writer is not, per se, a good book critic. No more so than...

I can look at [my books] with pleasure from a distance. Four feet is close...

I can look at [my books] with pleasure from a distance. Four feet is close...

It is impossible to read for pleasure from something to which you are both father...

It is impossible to read for pleasure from something to which you are both father...

The reporter is the daily prisoner of clocked facts. On all working days, he is...

The reporter is the daily prisoner of clocked facts. On all working days, he is...

Golf is played by twenty million mature American men whose wives think they are out...

Golf is played by twenty million mature American men whose wives think they are out...

It is difficult to live in the present, ridiculous to live in the future and...

It is difficult to live in the present, ridiculous to live in the future and...

Gimme: an agreement between two losers who can't putt.

Gimme: an agreement between two losers who can't putt.

The future is an opaque mirror. Anyone who tries to look into it sees nothing...

The future is an opaque mirror. Anyone who tries to look into it sees nothing...

Nobody understands anyone 18, including those who are 18.

Nobody understands anyone 18, including those who are 18.

Watching your daughter being collected by her date feels like handing over a million dollar...

Watching your daughter being collected by her date feels like handing over a million dollar...

At 19, everything is possible and tomorrow looks friendly.

At 19, everything is possible and tomorrow looks friendly.

It is impossible to read for pleasure from something to which you are both father...

It is impossible to read for pleasure from something to which you are both father...

Scoops of mint ice cream with chips of chocolate cows.

Scoops of mint ice cream with chips of chocolate cows.