"If there's another 9/11 or a major war in the Middle-East involving a U.S. attack on Iran, I have no doubt that there will be, the day after or within days an equivalent of a Reichstag fire decree that will involve massive detentions in this country."

-- Daniel Ellsberg

#Country Quotes #War Quotes #Hero Quotes

“The inner circle of pure mathematicians will respond to the book with delight.”
“In the initial season of a show, you're figuring out your character and their life and their background and you're putting together all the chapters of the book.”
“Perfect typography is certainly the most elusive of all arts. Sculpture in stone alone comes near it in obstinacy.”
“I developed a term that is used in the game right now called sacking a quarterback. Sacking a quarterback is just like you devastate a city or you cream a multitude of people. I mean itâ€™s just like you put all the offensive players in one bag and I just take a baseball bat and beat on the bag.”
“Papers should include more side remarks, open questions, and such. Very often, these are more interesting than the theorems actually proved. Alas, most people are afraid to admit that they don't know the answer to some question, and as a consequence they refrain from mentioning the question, even if it is a very natural one. What a pity! As for myself, I enjoy saying 'I do not know'.”

Source : Jean-Pierre Serre (2000). “Oeuvres, Collected Papers: 1985-1998”, Springer Verlag
“What happened there was they were moving the chains and we had the call made. We were really trying to get two plays if we could have rather than use the timeout thereafter.”
“It wasnâ€™t going to be hardâ€¦it was going to be impossible. It wouldnâ€™t deter me. I'd done impossible things several times in the past, and the prospect didnâ€™t scare me as much as it used to.”
“No matter who you are, no matter what you're doing, no matter how focus you are, no matter how ready you think you? are, you're not gonna catch me”

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