"The atom bomb was no â€œgreat decision.â€ It was used in the war, and for your information, there were more people killed by fire bombs in Tokyo than dropping of the atomic bombs accounted for. It was merely another powerful weapon in the arsenal of righteousness. The dropping of the bombs stopped the war, save millions of lives."

-- Harry S. Truman

#Powerful Quotes #War Quotes #Fire Quotes

“Because when I get to heaven, the first face that shall ever gladden my sight will be that of my Savior.”
“The message of women's liberation is that women can love each other and ourselves against our degrading education.”

Source : Jane Rule (2013). “A Hot-Eyed Moderate: Essays”, p.140, Open Road Media
“I had the luck at 18 to become assistant to Christian Dior, and to succeed him at 21 and to meet with success from my first collection in 1958. That will be 44 years in a few days. Above all it was Christian Dior who was my master and who was the first to reveal the secrets and mysteries of haute couture.”
“Well, PZ Myers, Jen McCreight, Phil Plait, Amanda Marcotte, Greg Laden, Melissa McEwan and others have all already said it, but I figured I should post this for the record: yes, Richard Dawkins believes I should be a good girl and just shut up about being sexually objectified because it doesnâ€™t bother him. Thanks, wealthy old heterosexual white man!”
“Difficult roads often lead to beautiful destinations. The best is yet to come.”
“What do you first do when you learn to swim? You make mistakes, do you not? And what happens? You make other mistakes, and when you have made all the mistakes you possibly can without drowning - and some of them many times over - what do you find? That you can swim? Well - life is just the same as learning to swim! Do not be afraid of making mistakes, for there is no other way of learning how to live!”
“Could he actually be my muirn beatha dan?”
“Nothing is impossible in the United States.”

Source : Ève Curie (1937). “Madame Curie: a biography”

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