Trygve Lie famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

The one common undertaking and universal instrument of the great majority of the human race is the United Nations. A patient, constructive long-term use of its potentialities can bring a real and secure peace to the world.
-- Trygve Lie

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A real diplomat is one who can cut his neighbor's throat without having his neighbor notice it.
-- Trygve Lie

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I shall take all the troubles of the past, all the disappointments, all the headaches, and I shall pack them in a bag and throw them in the East River.
-- Trygve Lie

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A loud noise will get your fight-or-flight response going. This, over the years, can cause real cardiovascular damage.
All the different nations in the world, despite their differences of appearance and religion and language and way of life, still have one thing in common, and that is what's inside of all of us. If we X-rayed the insides of different human beings, we wouldn't be able to tell from those X-rays what the person's language or background or race is.
I always said that you can use the same vehicle although the driver will change, or the same vehicle to go for the race. It's a different driver, this is exactly what's happening to the cabinet.
I don't know how long a child will remain utterly static in front of the television, but my guess is that it could be well into their thirties.
When we asked Pooh what the opposite of an Introduction was, he said "The what of a what?" which didn't help us as much as we had hoped, but luckily Owl kept his head and told us that the Opposite of an Introduction, my dear Pooh, was a Contradiction; and, as he is very good at long words, I am sure that that's what it is.
As long as you want anything very much, especially more than you want God, it is an idol.
The greatest problem about old age is the fear that it may go on too long.
The Baptists' basic theology is that if you hold someone under water long enough, he'll come around to your way of thinking. It's a ritual known as 'Bobbing for Baptists.'
Autumn can be glorious but menacing too - the long shadows, brisk winds, scurrying leaves, impending frost.
You either die a hero or live long enough to become the villain.

Trygve Lie famous quotes

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