"In 1945, peace broke out. It was the end of the Joke. Joke warfare was banned at a special session of the Geneva Convention, and in 1950 the last remaining copy of the joke was laid to rest here in the Berkshire countryside, never to be told again."

-- Graham Chapman

#Special Quotes #Lasts Quotes #Warfare Quotes

“A legislature cannot be effective while suffering from public scorn.”

Source : "Profile: Commons Speaker, John Bercow" by David Hencke, www.theguardian.com. June 22, 2009.
“Let me put it more precisely: The ability to give birth is a natural characteristic. In the same way, everybody can grasp philosophical truths if they just use their innate reason.”
“It would be great to be able to pass on to someone all of the successes, the failures, and the knowledge that one has had. To help someone, avoid all the fire, pain and anxiety would be wonderful.”
“So many programs you watch on the sofa, But the real program sit on top of your shoulders.”
“I am very much a seat-of-the-pants actor. I will prepare when I have to. But I like being unprepared.”
“Cruel people are ever cowards in emergency.”
“Profound and powerful forces are shaking and remaking our world. And the urgent question of our time is whether we can make change our friend and not our enemy.”
“Architecture is exposed to life. If its body is sensitive enough, it can assume a quality that bears witness to past life.”

Source : Peter Zumthor (1998). “Peter Zumthor”

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