"while time, the endless idiot, runs screaming around the world"

-- Carson McCullers

#Running Quotes #Time Quotes #World Quotes

“A compassionate open home is part of Christian responsibility, and should be practiced up to the level of capacity.”
“I was mostly surprised by the rap artists, actually, that were influenced by Sabbath. That was a surprise. But it's very nice and I'm very honoured. It's nice to know after 27 years now that what I said in the first place has stuck, and that was the belief in it.”
“...counselling man to treat her as a slave while persuading her that she is a queen.”
“We do have a saying in America: if you're in a hole, stop digging ..... erm, I'm not sure I should have said that.”
“Nuclear weapons are intrinsically neither moral nor immoral, though they are more prone to immoral use than most weapons.”

Source : Herman Kahn (1985). “Thinking Unth 80SP”, p.31, Simon and Schuster
“I love my squirrel and dumplings, but you can make it with chicken and dumplings. I love making the dumplings. I think I just like to roll out dough.”
“The leader is a person who has the possibility through destiny to know the people, to recognize their capacities, and to bring them to bear on the problem.”
“There are compensations for growing older. One is the realization that to be sporting isn't at all necessary. It is a great relief to reach this stage of wisdom.”

Source : Cornelia Otis Skinner (1938). “Dithers and Jitters”

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