"Holy War is a contradiction of terms..."

-- Elie Wiesel

#War Quotes #School Quotes #Contradiction Quotes

“I'd also like us to encourage people to gang rush shooters, rather than following their instincts to hide; if we drilled it into young people that the correct thing to do is for everyone to instantly run at the guy with the gun, these sorts of mass shootings would be less deadly, because even a guy with a very powerful weapon can be brought down by 8-12 unarmed bodies piling on him at once.”

Source : "There's Little We Can Do to Prevent Another Massacre". www.thedailybeast.com. December 17, 2012.
“The consequence could be that we would have an escalation that would take place that would not only involve many lives, but I think it could consume the Middle East in a confrontation and a conflict that we would regret.”
“And to those who believe that adventures are i say try routine: it kills you far more quickly.”
“My 10 year old son likes it. He's trying to play guitar and everything. He likes that kind of music.”
“We don't think of ourselves as do-gooders or altruists. It's just that somehow we're trying our best to be run with some sense of moral compass even in a business environment that is growing.”
“Whenever I look at pictures of horrific things that soldiers do or that have been done to soldiers I always feel sorry for everybody involved because politics throws them into these horrific situations where really it's just 18-year-old kids.”
“Because I used to play a lot of sport, I've always been in decent enough shape. When I used to get asked to do a bit of body work before a photo shoot I'd lie and say, 'Yeah, I'm going to the gym.' I literally never did anything.”
“While theoretically and technically television may be feasible, commercially and financially it is an impossibility.”

Source : 1926 In the NewYork Times.

You may also like:

Adolf Eichmann
Anne Frank
Author
Francois Mauriac
Author
Martin Buber
Philosopher
Norman Finkelstein
Political Scientist
Primo Levi
Chemist
Robert Faurisson
Academic
Shimon Peres
President of Israel
Simon Wiesenthal
Nazi hunter