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“In April, 1915, the Ottoman Government began to put into execution throughout Turkey a systematic and carefully-prepared plan to exterminate the Armenian race. In six months nearly a million Armenians have been killed. The number of victims and the manner of their destruction are without parallel in Modern History.”
Source : Herbert Adams Gibbons (1916). “The Blackest Page of Modern History: Events in Armenia in 1915 : The Facts and the Responsibilities”
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“If everyone would look for that uniqueness then we would have a very colorful world.”
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“I would describe myself as a hard worker, very humble and focused on whatever it is that I put my mind to.”
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“Continuous eloquence wearies. Grandeur must be abandoned to be appreciated. Continuity in everything is unpleasant. Cold is agreeable, that we may get warm.”
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“I want an autobiography without revealing any personal information.”
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“True love is not so much a matter of romance as it is a matter of anxious concern for the well-being of one's companion.”
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“The Soviet Union has long been proposing to outlaw chemical weapons, to remove them from the arsenals of states. We are prepared for resolution of this problem either on a global basis or piece by piece. As one of the first steps the USSR and the other socialist countries proposed in January 1984 that agreement be reached on ridding Europe of all types of chemical weapons.”
Source : "World Peace and the Developing Countries" Joseph Rotblat, Ubiratan D'Ambrosio, (p. 126), 1986.
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“Mediocrity is underrated.”
Source : "Mary-Louise Parker: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. December 15, 2010.