#Government Quotes #Dresses Quotes #Revolution Quotes
“I fell in love with her when we were together, then fell deeper in love with her in the years we were apart.”
“No sooner had Jesus knocked over the dragon of superstition than Paul boldly set it on its legs again in the name of Jesus.”
“Leibniz believed in freedom, both divine and human, and he thought that contingency was a necessary condition of freedom. That is, if an agent A acts freely when choosing X, then A's choosing X cannot be necessary. But there are some elements in his philosophy that seem to make contingency impossible.”
Source : Source: www.3ammagazine.com
“Peace will never be entirely secure until men everywhere have learned to conquer poverty without sacrificing liberty or security.”
“It's not that everything needs to have substance, but when nothing does then you know we're living in a bankrupt society, an artistically bankrupt society, and that's not okay. I think there's room for forms of entertainment that are very light and frivolous and fun, but when those forms of entertainment, forms of "art" if you will, become presented as something more than that, and are believed to be something more than that, then we've got a lot of problems.”
Source : "The Skinnie" Magazine, March 2010.
“By 2040, the Sahara will be moving into Europe and Berlin will be as hot as Baghdad. Atlanta will end up a kudzu jungle. Phoenix will become uninhabitable, as will parts of Beijing (desert), Miami (rising seas) and London (floods). Food shortages will drive millions of people north, raising political tensions.”
“Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction.”
Source : Terre des Hommes ch. 8 (1939)
“You cannot live a political life, you cannot live a moral life if you're not willing to open your eyes and see the world more clearly. See some of the injustice that's going on. Try to make yourself aware of what's happening in the world. And when you are aware, you have a responsibility to act.”
Ambrose Bierce Journalist
Carl Clinton Van Doren Critic
George Pendle Author
Vita Sackville-West Author
Will Carleton Poet
William Edmondstoune Aytoun Poet
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. Physician
