"Nuclear weapons will not be gotten rid of until the United States confronts the magnitude of the horror, the tragedy, and the long-term suffering of the victims"

-- Bernard Lown

#Long Quotes #Suffering Quotes #Tragedy Quotes

“Ignore what a man desires and you ignore the very source of his power.”
“Do you know the difference between a woman with PMS and a snarling Doberman pinscher? The answer is lipstick. Do you know the difference between a terrorist and a woman with PMS? You can negotiate with a terrorist.”

Source : Pentti Linkola (2011). “Can Life Prevail?”, p.160, Arktos
“I've learned one important thing about God's gifts - what we do with them is our gift to Him.”
“If I wore a sleeveless shirt, people would try to feed me after the match.”
“Life is the flight of the alone to the alone.”
“We can be hindered in our development and our personal growth by political conditions. Outer circumstances can constrain us. Only when we are free to develop our innate abilities can we live as free beings. But we are just as much determined by inner potential and outer opportunities as the Stone Age boy on the Rhine, the lion in Africa, or the apple tree in the garden.”
“A man can sleep around, no questions asked, but if a woman makes nineteen or twenty mistakes she's a tramp.”
“The human comedy begins with a vertical smile.”

Source : Richard Condon (1971). “The vertical smile”

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