The truth is that our race survived ignorance; it is our scientific genius that will do us in.
Source: Leonardo's Regret, in Times (London, 21 Sept. 1970; repr. in Truth and Lies in Literature, 1986), review of Richie Calder, The Age of the Eye.
-- Stephen Vizinczey, (Jan 0 1933-____), Hungary novelist, writer, producer; He is best known for his first novel, his first novel, In Praise of Older Women.