"Almost everything Truman did in foreign affairs I approve of."

--

Stephen Ambrose

#Affair Quotes #Truman Quotes

“The basic agreement between human beings, indeed what makes them human and makes them social, is language.”

Source : Monique Wittig (1992). “The Straight Mind: And Other Essays”, Beacon Press (MA)
“Max - "...Do me a favor, if the constable comes knocking, tell him I was here all morning, will you?" Dodsley - "Killed someone again, did we?" Max- "Never before luncheon, Dodsley. It's still early yet.”
“Without mountains the air could not be purified, nor the flowing of the rivers sustained.”
“When death becomes the property of the believer it receives a new name and is called sleep.”
“It was so nice to go into this fake courtroom [on Ally McBeal]. I immediately went up into the judge's chair. Nice view. A preferable perspective.”
“Photography is the only "language" understood in all parts of the world, and, bridging all nations and cultures, it links the family of man.”

Source : Helmut Gernsheim (1962). “Creative Photography: Aesthetic Trends, 1839-1960”, p.229, Courier Corporation
“My phone rings, they call me up and say, 'Chael, your testosterone level is too high.' I say, 'Well, how high was it?' They say, '0.7.' I said, 'What's normal?' They say, '0.6.'; I said, 'One-tenth? You're telling me I'm one-tenth higher than the average man? Re-test that - you must have caught me on a low day.'”
“America -- rather, the United States -- seems to me to be the Jew among the nations. It is resourceful, adaptable, maligned, envied, feared, imposed upon. It is warm-hearted, over-friendly; quick-witted, lavish, colorful; given to extravagant speech and gestures; its people are travelers and wanderers by nature, moving, shifting, restless; swarming in Fords, in ocean liners; craving entertainment; volatile. The chuckle among the nations of the world.”

Source : Edna Ferber (1939). “A Peculiar Treasure”

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