"Why do you think great leaders and great orations are coincident with wars, revolutions, and the founding or ending of governments and states? Common interests then are so clear that speeches are effortlessly drawn, but at present neither the facts nor the consequences are sufficiently clear to make oratory legitimate. This is the kind of war that will wind on and make fools of its partisans and opponents both."

-- Mark Helprin

#War Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Wind Quotes

“The answers to the world's perplexities are, in fact, found in the Gospel of Jesus Christ . . . The more we can bring others to see the gospel in action, the more they will be willing to at least tolerate us, then to encourage us, and eventually to cooperate with us.”
“Music does not know the difference between people; it only speaks to their hearts. It is the only form of communication that can bring this terrible world together.”
“Get out of your house in the middle of a rainstorm, get soaked in it, and then strip down-to nothing but a smile.”
“It's not that fun to just play a villain, without any reasoning behind it.”
“When we stage the Olympics it will inspire kids all over the country. A kid in Scotland or Ireland will be encouraged to take up sport.”
“I grew up believing my sister was from the planet Neptune and had been sent down to Earth to kill me.”
“Kevin James is going to do a couple of specials. One's called It's Getting Muggy In Here.”
“Look, as my mama always said, 'One monkey don't stop no show.”

Source : Toni Cade Bambara (2011). “The Salt Eaters”, p.40, Vintage

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