"War is science of destruction."

-- John Stevens Cabot Abbott

#War Quotes #Destruction Quotes

“I'm not so interested in this series of ruptures, where minimalism took over pop art, and then neo-expressionism was a triumph over that. I'm not interested in rupture - I'm interested in healing, bringing things together, building bridges. Not dismissing what has come before as a kind of modernist precedent, where one thing has to be broken in order to achieve something else. I don't believe in that kind of attitude. I think we're beyond that at this stage.”
“Female Chauvinist Pigs is smart, alarming, and extremely funny. With nuance and humor, Levy has written both a convincing expos of sex and desire in contemporary America and an important cultural history. I'm giving a copy to my mother. And my sons.”
“You don't want your credibility banana to turn brown, but you do want to speak out about what you believe in.”
“I'm about to rupture something," he was informed, as the big, gaily wrapped box she was carrying smacked into the small of his back again. She had an uncanny ability to hit the same spot every time.”
“Our football belongs to the working class and has the size, nobility and generosity to allow everyone to enjoy it as a spectacle.”
“The last word in ignorance is the man who says of an animal or plant: 'What good is it?”

Source : Aldo Leopold (2013). “Aldo Leopold: A Sand County Almanac & Other Writings on Conservation and Ecology: (Library of America #238)”, p.557, Library of America
“Sometimes I try to meditate, which I hope will help, but it doesn't really. But lots of times my dreams have the seed of an intriguing story.”
“Study the rules so that you won't beat yourself by not knowing something.”

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