Friedrich Nietzsche Quote – Interpretation
0.0 00 “All things are subject to interpretation. Whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche
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Dwight D. Eisenhower Quote – Under The Clouds of War
0.0 00 “Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes […]
Read moreThomas Henry Huxley Quote – The Cost Of Doing Nothing
0.0 00 “There is a well-worn adage that those who set out upon a great enterprise would do well to count the cost. I am not sure that this is always true. I think that some of the very greatest enterprises in this world have been carried out successfully simply because the people who undertook them did not count the […]
Read moreMarcus Aurelius quote – If it is not right
0.0 00 “If it is not right, do not do it; if it is not true, do not say it.” – Marcus Aurelius
Read moreBartlett’s Book of Anecdotes quote – Now You Know Why
0.0 00 “Censuring Joseph Stalin at a public meeting, Soviet premier Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev was interrupted by a voice from the audience. “You were one of Stalin’s colleagues,” shouted the heckler. “Why didn’t you stop him?” “Who said that?” roared Khrushchev. There was an agonizing silence in the room. Nobody dared moved a muscle. Then, in a quiet voice, Khrushchev […]
Read moreFelix Frankfurter Quote – No Inevitability In History
0.0 00 “There is no inevitability in history except as men make it.” – Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter
Read moreStephen Colbert Quote – Say Yes
0.0 00 “Remember, you cannot be both young and wise. Young people who pretend to be wise to the ways of the world are mostly just cynics. Cynicism masquerades as wisdom, but it is the farthest thing from it. Because cynics don’t learn anything. Because cynicism is a self-imposed blindness, a rejection of the world because we are afraid it […]
Read moreAlan Watts Quote – The World Around Us
0.0 00 “Increasingly, the world around us looks as if we hated it.” – Alan Watts
Read moreMary McCarthy Quote – A Realistic Decision
0.0 00 “If someone tells you he is going to make ‘a realistic decision,’ you immediately understand that he has resolved to do something bad.” – Mary McCarthy
Read moreAlbert Einstein Quote – Killing Under The Cloak Of War
0.0 00 “He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would fully suffice. This disgrace to civilization should be done away with at once. Heroism at command, senseless brutality, deplorable love-of-country stance, how violently I hate all this, […]
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