Abramson Center Quotes & Sayings

Power call achieve more by gentle means than by violence. — Claudius Claudianus

O loving wisdom of our God
when all was sin and shame,
a second Adam to the fight
and to the rescue came. — John Henry Newman

I find religion and spirituality fascinating. I would like to believe this isn't the end and there's something more, but I can't convince the rational part of me that that makes any sense whatsoever. — George R R Martin

While the technology revolution has yet to reach far into the households of those in developing countries, this is certainly another area where more developed countries can assist those in the less developed world. — Carol Bellamy

With so many generous friends and family members from so many places for so many years, how could I not still be an optimist? Thomas — Thomas L. Friedman

Conclude, what Thomas Mann really wanted was a limited physical relationship with beautiful young men: the opportunity to gaze at them, an occasional touch, a restrained kiss. That isn't a surrogate for what he'd like to have if he were somehow free from social constraints. It's what the young Platen wanted, it's what he wanted - and it's what his Aschenbach wants. — Philip Kitcher

secret codicils would allow the German Army to illegally rearm and train on Russian territory throughout the twenties and thirties. Tens of thousands of German "work commandos" would come to Russia in 1923 and begin experimenting in the new, still theoretical technique of the blitzkrieg, the idea that small, high-quality, mobile forces backed by airpower could overcome a country before it could react. — Tom Reiss

But what are pity, conscience, or fear To the brazen pair, compared With the living sorcery Of their hot embraces? — Boris Pasternak

He understood the story his audience wanted to hear and how they wanted it told. — Jim Korkis

I have done a series in the '60s, '70s and '80s. — Lee Majors

Simplicity is a great virtue, but oversimplification can actually be a vice, a sign of laziness. — N. T. Wright

Socialism is not an alternative to capitalism; it is an alternative to any system under which men can live as human beings. — Ludwig Von Mises