"I think the new generations in America, the America's youth, no longer care about Vietnam. They don't want to hear any more about it."

-- Alexander Haig

#Thinking Quotes #America Quotes #Generations Quotes

“I read poetry to save time.”
“What do you think?" he asks. "I hate them," I say. I can almost smell the blood, the dirt, the unnatural breath of the mutt. "All I do is go around trying to forget the arena and you've brought it back to life. How do you remember these things so exactly?" "I see them every night," he says.”
“So we in Congress have a very clear choice. We can take largely symbolic action and sit back and fiddle while Americans burn more gasoline. Or we can pass concrete, effective legislation that will save consumers money while significantly reducing U.S. oil consumption.”
“Thatâ€™s the thing about change. It can be gradual. Slow and almost unnoticeable. Or it can be sudden, and you donâ€™t even know how you couldâ€™ve been any other way.”
“A bad reader soon puts to flight both wise men and fools.”
“Walking is my main method of relaxation. I don't go over my lines or try to solve the world's problems, I just enjoy the scenery and the wildlife.”
“Kitsch lends itself to a definition in terms of a systematic attempt to fly from daily reality: in time and in space.”
“The roots of art and play lie very close together.”

Source : Angus Wilson (2012). “No Laughing Matter”, p.46, Faber & Faber

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