Autocritica Quotes & Sayings

The global centre of power shifted to Europe only between 1750 and 1850, when Europeans humiliated the Asian powers in a series of wars and conquered large parts of Asia. By 1900 Europeans firmly controlled the world's economy and most of its territory. In 1950 western Europe and the United States together accounted for more than half of global production, whereas China's portion had been reduced to 5 per cent.4 — Yuval Noah Harari

I know nothing more worthy of a man's ambition than that his son be the best of men. — Plato

Long before the empire had reached its greatest extent, the Romans were bored by it. — Robert Payne

It doesn't bother me that I won't be around one day," Lukas said after a while. "I don't stress about the fact that I wasn't here a hundred years ago. I think death will be a lot like that. A hundred years from now my life will be just like it was a hundred years ago. — Hugh Howey

I love clothes, and yes, we go out, but it's not like I'm walking around all day in a negligee with fluffy mules. — Catherine Zeta-Jones

The mistake that was made was, of course, leaving Saddam in charge of affairs over there. — John Dingell

You let me go," I say. "I'll show you all about how I'm gonna transform you. — Patrick Ness

The time of my thought is my own to spend. — J.R.R. Tolkien

I know my predecessors have written a Green Arrow who has a lot of thoughts about social justice, but that was a more evolved, older, wiser Green Arrow. — Ann Nocenti

Sincerity means that the appearance and the reality are exactly the same. — Oswald Chambers