"History-writing is not a visit of condolence."

-- Sir Lewis Bernstein Namier

#Condolences Quotes #Writing Quotes

“Timid salesmen have skinny kids.”
“The conditions which now exist in Germany make it impossible for industrial production to reach the levels which the occupying powers agreed were essential for a minimum German peacetime economy.”
“The prehistorical and primitive period represents the true infancy of the mind.”

Source : James Mark Baldwin (1913). “History of Psychology: A Sketch and an Interpretation”
“I used to go to church. I even went through a rather intense religious period when I was sixteen. But the idea of an everlasting life -- a never-ending banquet, as a stupid visiting minister to our church once appallingly described it -- filled me with a greater terror than the concept of extinction.”
“I played for 18 years, but the only thing that meant anything to me was the World Series.”
“We have stopped for a moment to encounter each other, to meet, to love, to share. This is a precious moment, but it is transient. It is a little parenthesis in eternity. If we share with caring, lightheartedness, and love, we will create abundance and joy for each other. And then this moment will have been worthwhile.”
“You get to bring your own sound system when you play an arena, all the lights and visual stuff, which I think is really cool. There's something about those old arenas, where it feels larger than life.”
“My message to the kids and our fans is hockey's a great game. There's a lot of hockey being played at all levels. Get involved, do it. We will be back and we will be back better than ever and hopefully as soon as possible. Don't give up on the game. It's too good.”

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