#War Quotes #Liberty Quotes #Unlikely Quotes
“While Socrates empties the cup of poison with unshaken soul,Christ exclaims,'If it is possible, let this cup pass from me'.Christ in this respect is the self- confession of human sensibility.”
“Someone is always at my elbow reminding me that I am the granddaughter of slaves. It fails to register depression with me.”
“A woman said to me when she first sat down, You're photographing the wrong side of my face. I said, Oh, is there one?”
“I truly believe that if torture had worked and there was a case to be made for it, we would see that on the front pages of the American press.”
Source : "Torture, Drones, and Hollywood: A Former CIA Operative Talks". Interview with Ed Rampell, progressive.org. December 23, 2014.
“Global competition is about winners and losers.”
“Perfection, fortunately, is not the only alternative to mediocrity. A more sensible alternative is excellence. Striving for excellence is stimulating and rewarding; striving for perfection--in practically anything--is both neurotic and futile.”
“At first, I didn't hang out with celebrity kids. That wasn't the way I was brought up. I went to a run-of-the-mill Catholic primary school when we first moved to L.A. But then I went to a high school where there were lots of 'industry' children. Those weren't my best friends and I've never set out to make myself a part of that scene.”
“..That's where we humans make a mistake. We don't see the utterly amazing when it comes to us disguised as the ordinary.”
Source : Peter Høeg (2015). “The Quiet Girl”, p.175, Random House
William H. Pryor, Jr.
