Brenan Thompson Quotes & Sayings

The key lesson of the 1930s is that appeasement leads directly to war. — Mark Kirk

Failures are much more dramatic than successes, and people like drama. I think this is why automobile races draw such crowds. People expect spectacular crashes, which we tend to find more interesting than cars just racing around the track. The same is true of bridges, buildings, or any structure or machine. — Henry Petroski

Never again shall I understand anything I say. Since how could I speak without the word lying for me? How could I speak except timidly like this: life just is for me. Life just is for me, and I don't understand what I'm saying. And so I adore it. — Clarice Lispector

Mark Anthony had established ascendance the day before by springing claws like flick knives and hissing like a maddened cobra. Dirk had rolled on his back and ratified the peace treaty before the ink was dry, like a dog of sense. — Victoria Clayton

You can take your gold, but afterwards, things are, things are flat. There is less beauty in a rainbow, less meaning in a sermon, less joy in a kiss ... Less. — Neil Gaiman

War makes monsters of us all. But what happens to those of us who no longer wish to be monsters? — Kameron Hurley

A word to the wise isn't as good as a word from the wise. — Grenville Kleiser