"I was standing next to a famed geo-politician when the first news of the Argentine attack [on the Faulkland Islands] was received, and heard him muse incredulously: "An old-fashioned naval battle. A war between two civilized nations, perhaps with even a declaration of war, and later a peace conference. Wow." No hostages, no nukes, no ideologies, no religious fanaticism; just a fair-and-square war over national interests - hard to believe, in this day and age."

-- William Safire

#Religious Quotes #Peace Quotes #War Quotes

“Anyone who hasn't been nervous, or hasn't choked somewhere down the line, is an idiot.”
“It was a broiling afternoon of mid-August in Brinoe and everybody who was anybody had long ago quit its burning pavements and chilly palaces for the mountains or the sea.”
“Not only must the message be correctly delivered, but the messenger himself must be such as to recommend it to acceptance.”

Source : Joseph Barber Lightfoot (Bishop of Durham) (1890). “Ordination addresses and counsels to clergy”
“â€¦ the truest writers are those who see language not as a linguistic process but as a living elementâ€¦”

Source : Derek Walcott (2014). “What the Twilight Says: Essays”, p.62, Macmillan
“Why should 20-year-olds only be considered sexy? I think we get better with age.”
“I want to create an experience with my music.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“I did not want to leave the Mets and I did not want to leave New York.”
“It's not the money. It's not the fame. It's the influence.”

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