"He who is the author of a war lets loose the whole contagion of hell and opens a vein that bleeds a nation to death."

-- Thomas Paine

#Motivation Quotes #War Quotes #Government Quotes

“[On suicide:] It's the only cause of death that can be used as a noun to describe the dead person. If you die of cancer you are not called 'a cancer.' If someone else shoots you, you are not referred to as 'a murder.' But if you shoot yourself, you are labeled as a suicide. Your death becomes your definition.”

Source : Joan Wickersham (2009). “The Suicide Index: Putting My Father's Death in Order”, p.204, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“When America's creditors consider our behavior they see total fiscal irresponsibility. They see a deluded country that acts as if it is a privilege for foreigners to lend to it, and a deluded country that believes that foreigners will continue to accumulate US debt until the end of time. The fact of the matter is that the US is bankrupt.”
“I was starting to realize the extent of the problem here: everyone is always lying to each other, and even when they're trying to tell the truth, it can still be misleading or wrong. In fact, it almost always is wrong from at least one angle. I mean, the truth is really just a better class of lie.”

Source : Frank Portman (2008). “King Dork”, p.238, Delacorte Books for Young Readers
“At the toughest times I recalled how the children and the elderly looked at me with trustful eyes. Your faith has given me strength.”
“Talk between women friends is always therapy...”
“You can be a great reporter and not be such a great talk show host.”
“Rien n'est plus parfait, plus acheveÂ Â qu'un cadavre. Nothing is more perfect, more complete than a corpse.”
“Russia and Ukraine are candidates for the entry to the WTO and their dispute would be easy to understand and tackle if they are both members of this organization.”

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