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“In the 1930s, Adolf Hitler believed that his great-power rivals would be easy to exploit and isolate because each had little interest in fighting Germany and instead was determined to get someone else to assume the burden. He guessed right.”
Source : John J. Mearsheimer (2003). “The Tragedy of Great Power Politics (Updated Edition)”, p.55, W. W. Norton & Company
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“It's insanity for a party that believes in freedom to allow some Republicans to seize an agenda that is totally alien to the agenda that was established in the election.”
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“There's no choice left in America anymore. Anything that's authentic and genuine, anything that grew out of any sense of tradition, is wiped out. We're left with this bland monoculture that's swept over the whole country.”
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“Every reader should ask himself periodically “Toward what end, toward what end?â€â€”but do not ask it too often lest you pass up the fun of programming for the constipation of bittersweet philosophy.”
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“Spells of acute loneliness are an essential part of travel. Loneliness makes things happen.”
Source : Jonathan Raban (2017). “Driving Home: An American Scrapbook”, p.152, Pan Macmillan
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“Concerning the loved ones who have passed on ... do not try to make me believe that they are doing nothing, merely resting, careless ever. That would imply the condition of Hell, not of Heaven.”
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“I was never ambitious to be a good actor. I just love doing it and I seem to be quite suited for it.”
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“A father's calling is eternal and its importance transcends time. It is a calling for both time and eternity.”
