"The savage in man is never quite eradicated."

-- Henry David Thoreau

#War Quotes #Men Quotes #Rivers Quotes

“Courage: The lovely virtue-the rib of Himself that God sent down to His children.”
“I'm more thrilled by the short fiction than I expected to be. I've found more pleasure in reading short fiction than I used to. By seeing what kinds of thinking are going on in short fiction. I was also surprised by the panic I've felt, especially at first, when we'd put an issue to bed and then realized we had to put another one together.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“I want to break the taboo against questioning this drive for maximum longevity.”

Source : Source: www.motherjones.com
“All those vitamins aren't to keep death at bay, they're to keep deterioration at bay.”
“The Australian people expect the Government to govern, they don't expect it to make excuses.”
“If you really want to love humanity, then you have to love humanity as it is now.”
“Ronaldo is a disgrace to the game. His petulance, temperament, throwing himself on the ground. It was a disgrace to professional football. This fella Ronaldo is a cod.”
“All this stuff you heard about America not wanting to fight, wanting to stay out of the war, is a lot of horse dung. Americans, traditionally, love to fight. All real Americans love the sting of battle... Americans play to win all the time. I wouldn't give a hoot in hell for a man who lost and laughed. That's why Americans have never lost - and will never lose - a war, because the very thought of losing is hateful to Americans.”

Source : "Fictional character: General George S. Patton". "Patton", www.imdb.com. 1970.

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