"Government is afraid that people may think the worst and panic about these creepy horrible invaders. So the idea is: We have to avoid panic by all means."

-- Gordon Cooper

#Mean Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Government Quotes

“To have a human form is a joyful thing.”
“The Duke of Buckingham gave me once a short but severe character of the two brothers. It was the more severe, because it was true: the King (he said) could see things if he would, and the Duke would see things if he could.”

Source : Gilbert Burnet (1809). “Bishop Burnet's History of His Own Time: From the Restoration of K. Charles II to the Conclusion of the Treaty of Peace at Utrecht, in the Reign of Queen Anne. To which is Prefixed, a Summary Recapitulation of Affairs in Church and State, from King James I. to the Restoration in the Year 1660. Together with the Author's Life and Some Explanatory Notes”, p.235
“To be cool is to believe. To stay cool is to have the sweet fragments of serenity rock your wig away.”
“Fearful leaders side-step issues instead of dealing with them, cover up mistakes instead of owning up to mistakes; they skulk back into the shadows and hope that the crisis-whatever it is-will somehow blow over instead of facing their fears. Worse, they resort to lies and deception to cover up the truth.”
“The experience of treaties being broken with impunity provide an afflicting lesson to mankind how little dependence is to be placed on treaties which have no other sanction than the obligations of good faith; and which oppose general considerations of peace and justice to the impulse of any immediate interest and passion.”
“The rock star is dying. And it's a small tragedy. Rock stars have blogs now. I have no use for that kind of rock star.”
“For those broadcasters who are less than responsible, the FCC needs to have sharper teeth to enforce the law.”
“Film as dream, film as music. No art passes our conscience in the way film does, and goes directly to our feelings, deep down into the dark rooms of our souls.”

Source : "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye". "Sight & Sound" Magazine, June 1991.

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