". . when the target of crime is armed, there is more law present, more public policy present, and more public interest served than by all 20,000 gun laws in force."

“The talent of historians lies in their creating a true ensemble out of facts which are but half true.”

“We must alter theory to adapt it to nature, but not nature to adapt it to theory.‎”

Source : Claude Bernard (2012). “An Introduction to the Study of Experimental Medicine”, p.68, Courier Corporation

“I don't have anything that I treasure at all. They're just things. I tend to buy an awful lot of stuff, like clothes and things. But I wouldn't be bothered if my house burns down tomorrow.”

“Memories are hunting horns whose sound dies on the wind.”

Source : "Cors de Chasse" (1912)

“I swear to keep the dead upon my mind, / Disdain for all time to be overglad.”

“The oversized chairs are white; the walls, covered with occasional landscape paintings, are white; and the plush carpet is the whitest of all. I'm insanely glad I didn't bring a cup of grape juice with me.”

“Critics should be to actors what ornithologists are to birds: they can write all they want, but it shouldn't affect them.”

Source : "John Simm: this much I know" by Olly Richards", www.theguardian.com. May 25, 2013.

“Tragedy cannot be the end of our lives. We cannot allow it to control and defeat us.”

Source : Izzeldin Abuelaish (2011). “I Shall Not Hate: A Gaza Doctor's Journey on the Road to Peace and Human Dignity”, p.212, Bloomsbury Publishing