"Terrorism is a word with little content - it is a label for brutalities committed by â€˜the enemyâ€™, and from which oneâ€™s own acts of destruction are exempted. It is an inchoate and emotionally laden concept, a semantic mirror of our dishonesty and a repository for everything about war that we would like to disavow. Making a sharp distinction between war and terrorism is at best a self-deceptive game."

-- David Livingstone

#War Quotes #Mirrors Quotes #Self Quotes

“Of all the memorable phrases that have been minted and mobilised to describe modern British royalty, 'constitutional monarchy' is virtually the only one which seemes to have neither been anticipated nor invented by Walter Bagehot. It was he who insisted that 'a princely marriage is the brilliant edition of a universal fact, and as such it rivets mankind'; and he who warned that the monarchy's 'mystery is its life. We must not let in daylight upon magic'.”
“babies ain't cute / hungry.”

Source : Alexis De Veaux (1974). “Spirits in the street”
“If it canâ€™t be reduced, reused, repaired, rebuilt, refurbished, refinished, resold, recycled or composted, then it should be restricted, redesigned or removed from production.”
“A fact is like a sack which won't stand up if it's empty. In order that it may stand up, one has to put into it the reason and sentiment which caused it to exist.”
“A lot of artists make art for five years, some artists make art for ten years, a few make art for fifteen: very few do it until they die.”

Source : Source: www.believermag.com
“Where love and wisdom drink out of the same cup, in this everyday world, it is the exception.”
“Natural knowledge has not forgone emotion. It has simply taken for itself new ground of emotion, under impulsion from and in sacrifice to that one of its 'values', Truth.”
“You want to hear about insanity? I was found running naked through the jungles in Mexico. At the Mexico City airport, I decided I was in the middle of a movie and walked out on the wing on takeoff. My body... my liver... okay, my brain... went.”

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