"From the earliest wars of men to our last heart-breaking worldwide effort, all we could do was kill ourselves. Now we are able to kill the future."

-- Martha Gellhorn

#War Quotes #Heart Quotes #Men Quotes

“Its better to pace yourself throughout a big day like Thanksgiving by having something healthful for breakfast and something light for lunch.”
“All of us in Quebec - and I mean all of us - have allowed language to become a preoccupation that works to the disadvantage of all of us - and I mean all of us.”
“The reason territorial monarchs failed time after time against maritime powers was not that absolutist, non-consensual governments were incapable of building great fleets in peace - quite the reverse - but that they were unable to fund them in the crises of war. Mainly this was because they were forced to divert resources from the fleet to their armies, to fight territorial rivals frequently financed by their maritime enemy from the profits of sea trade.”
“I'm going to wait til the midnight hour, that's when my love begins to shine.”
“Don't try to teach men how to do anything in public. They can learn in private; in public they have to know.”
“I realize that I am never going to grow up.”
“If you're alive, you can't be bored in San Francisco. If you're not alive, San Francisco will bring you to life......San Francisco is a world to explore. It is a place where the heart can go on a delightful adventure. It is a city in which the spirit can know refreshment every day.”
“I am an artist, I trade in uncertainty and superstition and cant. I invent dark visions of impossible situations that can never be resolved.”

Source : "The Joke's Over". Book by Ralph Steadman, 2006.

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