"Modernity is a qualitative, not a chronological, category."

-- Theodor Adorno

#Categories Quotes

“I believe that Europe without Britain at the heart will be less reform-driven, less open, less international Europe.”

Source : "José Manuel Barroso: "How is Britain so open to the world, but so closed to Europe?"". Interview with David Miliband, www.newstatesman.com. July 11, 2012.
“When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike, you do not wait until he has struck to crush him.”
“For a century after the reign of Frederick, Prussia remained the most prominent Germanic state in Europe.”

Source : Kelly Miller (1919). “Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights ...: Why America Entered the Conflict ...& a Thrilling Account of the Important Part Taken by the Negro in the Tragic Defeat of Germany ...”
“As they say - a bird in the hand is worth one in the bush.”
“I knew one person in the entire city of New York. Looking back, I should have been terrified, but I was just excited to living in New York on my own and acting professionally.”
“I say, "This is my objective" and when I stick to it, I succeed. When I deviate, I'm in trouble. Do what you do best and delegate the rest. There are things I do better than others, and there are things I'm horrible at and I delegate those.”
“I think that romance sort of coincides with effort, so you can fall flat on your face, but as long as you're making a great effort, I think it comes off as romantic. So it can be something as simple as, like, if you're someone who doesn't cook, you can make a meal.”
“The menu de degustation is the finest expression of avant-garde cooking.”

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