"A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within."

-- Marcus Tullius Cicero

#Ambitious Quotes #Fool Quotes #Treason Quotes

“I feel traveling certainly does broaden the mind. In my case certainly I feel more confident. It gives you a new perspective on the world.”
“I'm very sorry if I offended anybody. I'd like to put it in the past now. What's done is done. I regret it.”

Source : "Harry on ... nazi uniform". www.mirror.co.uk. September 15, 2005.
“All wars are civil wars, because all men are brothers.”
“It is all very well to be cautious, but if we are too cautious we will miss our opportunity.”

Source : "The Rising Sun: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire" by John Toland, (p. 754), 2003.
“She knew she shouldn't want him with every fiber of her being, but she couldn't help herself. Gazing at him feeling his touch - the rest of the world faded into the background”
“To a reporter after Ray was pounded by Edmonton's Georges Laraque: What are you, the fight doctor now or something? You've never been in a fight in your life, so what are you talking about?”
“Donna E. Smyth - adventures with words; she is always doing something new and unique. Beginning with her visceral morality, her stories are startling, nerve wracking, provocative: she combines Angela Carter's beautiful style with Patricia Highsmith's malevolent atmospheres. Smyth shatters clichs and dismisses mere sociology. She knows that pleasure is besieged by terror. She tells us what we don't want to know, but need to know. Smyth's writing disturbs us, enrichingly, because truth can never be at peace with language.”
“Planet of the Apes was a gigantic challenge, making the clothes work so people could do stunts and action in the clothes. I really learned a lot about that in that movie.”

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