"I am by nature an optimist and by intellectual conviction a pessimist."

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Source : William Golding (1983). “Lord of the Flies”, p.211, Penguin

William Golding

#Intellectual Quotes #Pessimist Quotes #Conviction Quotes

“He was in love with life as an ant on a summer blade of grass.”
“Love is such an objective thing. I mean, I can say I love my family, or I love my Diet Coke. So I guess, in different ways, yeah, I do believe in love.”
“In short, Israel is the measure of our failings and our incompetence. We have waited for a great leader for years, but none came; we have waited for a mighty military victory, but we were defeated roundly; we have waited for outside powers (the US or,in its time, the Soviet Union), but none came to our aid. The one thing we have not tried in all seriousness is to rely on OURSELVES: until we do that with a full commitment to success there is no chance that we can advance towards self-determination and freedom from aggression.-1998”

Source : "The End of the Peace Process: Oslo and After".
“A society can never be free without womenâ€™s liberation”
“As a Christian I have no duty to allow myself to be cheated, but I have the duty to be a fighter for truth and justice.”
“What's confusing about that, though, is you [Marco Rubio] say if he [Donald Trump] were the nominee, it would destroy the conservative movement. You're painting scary pictures of him being the nominee. But then you're saying he will never be the nominee. You have signed onto the hashtag #neverTrump.I guess what people wonder is, you say all these terrible things about him, but then why might you not, like Chris Christie, who said bad things about him, just turn around and endorse him once - once he gets the nomination?”

Source : Source: www.cbsnews.com
“Childbearing is glorified in part because women die from it.”
“If we know where we want to go, then even a stony road is bearable.”

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