One form of loneliness is to have a memory and no one to share it with.
—Phyllis Rose, 1991
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You may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you.
—Leon TrotskyIn peace, children inter their parents; war violates the order of nature and causes parents to inter their children.
—Herodotus, 440 BCDo not do unto others as you would that they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same.
—George Bernard Shaw, 1903Technology feeds on itself. Technology makes more technology possible.
—Alvin Toffler, 1970Politics is the art of the possible.
—Otto von Bismarck, 1867History in its broadest aspect is a record of man’s migrations from one environment to another.
—Ellsworth Huntington, 1919There is no greater sorrow than to recall a happy time in the midst of wretchedness.
—Dante Alighieri, c. 1321From hell’s heart I stab at thee; for hate’s sake I spit my last breath at thee.
—Herman Melville, 1851Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.
—Saint Augustine, c. 400There is a vital force in rumor. Though crushed to earth, to all intents and purposes buried, it can rise again without apparent effort.
—Eleanor Robson Belmont, 1957There is a time to battle against nature, and a time to obey her. True wisdom lies in making the right choice.
—Arthur C. Clarke, 1979The Founding Fathers in their wisdom decided that children were an unnatural strain on parents. So they provided jails called schools, equipped with tortures called an education. School is where you go between when your parents can’t take you and industry can’t take you.
—John Updike, 1963