"Adversity draws men together and produces beauty and harmony in life's relationships, just as the cold of winter produces ice-flowers on the window-panes, which vanish with the warmth."

-- Soren Kierkegaard

#War Quotes #Flower Quotes #Adversity Quotes

“A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth.”
“I definitely prefer being a lover than a fighter.”
“If war can indeed be turned into a relic, then the virtue of greed will recede further. From a given society's standpoint, one big upside of wanton material acquisition has traditionally been the way it drives technological progress-which, after all, helps keep societies strong. In the nineteenth century, Russia ans Germany had little choice about modernizing; in those days stasis invited conquest. But if societies no longer face conquest, breakneck technological advance is an offer they can refuse, and frugality a luxury people can afford.”

Source : Robert Wright (2001). “Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny”, p.314, Vintage
“This is the problem with foreign policy - talking about foreign policy in a political context. Politics is binary. People win and lose elections. Legislation passes or doesn`t pass. And in foreign policy often what you`re doing is nuance and you`re trying to prevent something worse from happening. It doesn`t translate well into a political environment.”

Source : Source: www.nbcnews.com
“But we shall not know the world by looking at it; we know it by looking at the hovering fly.”

Source : Allen Tate (1968). “The Hovering Fly: And Other Essays”
“Well, Judy, I would hope in the new year, we could start thinking about politics not like it was the Super Bowl, where you always have to have one team that wins and the other team has to be a loser.”
“Popularity has everything to do with business and nothing to do with music.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“When you promise something, you must fulfill it.”

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