"Nothing but disaster follows from applause."

-- Thomas Bernhard

#Disaster Quotes #Applause Quotes

“Love knoweth no laws.”
“ATHEIST is really a thoroughly honest, unambiguous term; it admits of no paltering and of no evasion, and the need of the world, now as ever, is for clear-cut issues and unambiguous speech.”
“People over 30 are interested in sex too, but they get real movies about it.”
“I do not belong to any religion. Everything is between God and myself.”
“Really, I do not know whether my paintings are surrealist or not, but I do know that they are the frankest expression of myself.”
“No system of balance functions automatically.”

Source : Kenneth N. Waltz (2013). “Man, the State, and War: A Theoretical Analysis”, p.210, Columbia University Press
“You have to think, when I was growing up Internet was a thing but no one had it. We didn't have it at the house, so music was not accessible at your fingertips. Whatever you had in your CD player was what you had, and a CD was $15.99 and if you weren't 18 years old, it couldn't have any cuss words on it. Now it is so accessible.”
“We and the world, my children, will always be at war. Retreat is impossible. Arm yourselves.”

Source : Leif Enger (2001). “Peace Like a River”, p.4, Atlantic Monthly Press

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