"At issue in the Hiss Case was the question whether this sick society, which we call Western civilization, could in its extremity still cast up a man whose faith in it was so great that he would voluntarily abandon those things which men hold good, including life, to defend it."

-- Whittaker Chambers

#Men Quotes #Civilization Quotes #Issues Quotes

“Waiting is an expectant patience. It's a patience that says, "I don't know what God is going to do, but I know God is going to do something."”
“Women are not thousands of temptations to hell. They are thousands of reminders of the beauty of heaven.”
“Under the current pay-as-you-go Social Security system, not one person is actually guaranteed benefits.”
“You have an idea in your mind of how the first show will be. Since I was 15 years old in front of the mirror saying, "If I was in Priest, this is what I would do." But in truth, I don't remember any of it.”
“A woman is beautiful only when she is loved.”

Source : 1944 Mr Skeffington (with Philip Epstein).
“I'm a loser on Sunday. Yeah, I'm a couch potato. I get up and try and eat and then back on the couch. And watch anything.”
“I really, deeply believe that dreams do come true. Often, they might not come when you want them. They come in their own time.”
“If someone else made 'Up in the Air' or 'Thank You For Smoking' or 'Juno,' I would have wanted to rip their head off. I need that same sort of passion for every project I take on.”

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