"Everywhere you go on the continent of Europe at this hour you see the conflict between militarism and industrialism. You see the expansion of industrial power pushed forward by the energy, hope, and thrift of men, and you see the development arrested, diverted, crippled, and defeated by measures which are dictated by military considerations."

-- William Graham Sumner

#Military Quotes #Power Quotes #Men Quotes

“The gospel comprises indeed, and unfolds, the whole mystery of mans redemption, as far forth as it is necessary to be known for our salvation.”

Source : Robert Boyle (1966). “Works”
“Children, I always think, are just putting on a performance of being naive and not understanding anything. I have worked with children in films, and they're treated as adults and they just drop the pretense of being children.”
“The expressive word "quiet" defines the dress, manners, bow, and even physiognomy of every true denizen of St. James and Bond street.”
“Don't let a day go by without doing something... no matter how small.”
“A man will never change his mind if he have no mind to change.”
“It is easy to make a simple machine which will run toward the light or run away from it, and if such machines also contain lights of their own, a number of them together will show complicated forms of social behavior...”

Source : Norbert Wiener (1988). “The Human Use of Human Beings: Cybernetics and Society”, p.33, Da Capo Press
“A reality shaped around your own desires -- there is something sociopathic in that ambition.”
“I'm the Beast. You're the Beauty," he said. "It's all a story, isn't it?”

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