"Maybe the '50s and '60s were more awkward because everyone knew there were things under the surface, but no one talked about them."

-- Lily Koppel

#Awkward Quotes

“Wars are often waged not because of what we believe, but because of the things we want others to believe.”
“In view of the fact that God limited the intelligence of man, it seems unfair that He did not also limit his stupidity.”

Source : "Through Russian Eyes: President Kennedy's 1036 Days". Book by Anatoly Gromyko, p. 128, 1973.
“She hath no loyal knight and true, The Lady of Shalott.”
“I've been in office and I've been out of office. And if I were to choose, I'd rather be in office.”
“Philosophers are people who know less and less about more and more, until they know nothing about everything. Scientists are people who know more and more about less and less, until they know everything about nothing.”
“Every one of our passions and affections hath its natural stint and bound, which may easily be exceeded; whereas our enjoyments can possibly be but in a determinate measure and degree.”
“If these assets were set up as a revolving fund with which Japan could import raw materials for its industries, Japanese exports could again enter the channels of world trade-and Japanese workers would have employment and something to eat.”
“Muslims are not compatible with the Australian way of life because they have a different region code”

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