"Vietnam was an exercise in mistaken idealism Iraq in cynical money-making. And there's no optimism or idealism now -- Americans are tired of knowledge. Our leaders, the C-students from Yale, know this. We're proud of being ignorant that leaves virtue at our core. We aren't frazzled by knowledge like foreigners, so we can be trusted."

-- Kurt Vonnegut

#Tired Quotes #Exercise Quotes #Iraq Quotes

“If you talk bad about country music, it's like saying bad things about my momma. Them's fightin' words.”
“You need to put easy, nice, tranquil thoughts in your head before you go to bed. You know what I do? I read metaphysical books. The good stuff stays in your brain once you go under.”

Source : "Cristina: A Diet for High Energy". Interview with Candace A. Wedlan, articles.latimes.com. February 19, 1997.
“There is no Final Resting Place of the Mind.”
“It is not possible to foretell the reaction of certain elements in the Army and Navy.”

Source : "The Decision to Drop the Atomic Bomb" by Dennis Wainstock, (p. 107), 1996.
“I want to do nothing chic, I want to have ideas before beginning a piece.”
“As far as we are concerned, we are ready to leave today, tomorrow, at any time, to join the people of Haiti, to share in their suffering, help rebuild the country, moving from misery to poverty with dignity.”
“What strikes me most of all in Christian culture, which is supposed to be concerned with the rights of the weakest, is the lack of regard toward animals. Maybe because they're thought to be soulless.”

Source : Source: wordswithoutborders.org
“I can assure you, nothing in my performance will be deflated”

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