537 quotes found
Time after the present
“He caught a glimpse of that extraordinary faculty in man, that strange, altruistic, rare, and obstinate decency which will make writers or scientists maintain their truths at the risk of death. Epp...”
“Propaganda is a sprinter, but truth is a long-distance runner.”
“You have to notice the truth in order to be able to avoid it.”
“Thou shalt not forget that money is only money and not character or fame.”
“The first rule in making money is not to lose it.”
“Thy shalt not worship thy investment advisor, for if she were so smart she would be retired by now.”
“In war, our elders may give the orders...but it is the young who have to fight.”
“Those who lived by the sword were forced to die by it.”
“There is one fairly good reason for fighting - and that is, if the other man starts it. You see, wars are a great wickedness, perhaps the greatest wickedness of a wicked species. They are so wicked...”
“When shall I be dead and rid Of all the wrong my father did? How long, how long 'till spade and hearse Put to sleep my mother's curse?”
“It is a pity that there are no big creatures to prey on humanity. If there were enough dragons and rocs, perhaps mankind would turn its might against them. Unfortunately man is preyed upon by micro...”
“War is like a fire. One man may start it, but it will spread all over. It is not about one thing in particular.”
“It has to be admitted that starving nations never seem to be quite so starving that they cannot afford to have far more expensive armaments than anybody else.”
“The fact that in the twentieth century a greater proportion of the people in the world could communicate with one another, using English or just a few other languages, appears not to have stopped a...”
“On the basis of this information, it would be possible to argue that if everybody spoke English (or Chinese or Esperanto for that matter) everybody would be at war even more often.”
“Oh, what a lovely owl!" Cried the Wart.But when he went up to it and held out his hand, the owl grew half as tall again, stood up as stiff as a poker, closed its eyes so that there was only the sma...”
“He felt in his heart cruelty and cowardice, the things which made him brave and kind.”
“To make no mistakes is not in the power of man”
“Even the best-laid plans turn to hell when exposed to reality.”
“Don't threaten me with a good time.”
