Ducommun Inc Quotes & Sayings

This eternal accusation against Christianity I shall write upon all walls, wherever walls are to be found
I have letters that even the blind will be able to see ... I call Christianity the one great curse, the one great intrinsic depravity, the one great instinct of revenge, for which no means are venomous enough, or secret, subterranean and small enough,
I call it the one immortal blemish upon the human race ... — Friedrich Nietzsche

If the Aztecs saw Giza, they would have called Menkaure - the Pyramid of the Moon. — Ibrahim Ibrahim

Sometimes the last thing learners need is for their preferred learning style to be affirmed. Agreeing to let people learn only in a way that feels comfortable and familiar can restrict seriously their chance for development. — Stephen Brookfield

Let no one refer to the sword of Napoleon I as the instrument of progress and civilization! — Elie Ducommun

I would I could stand on a busy corner, hat in hand, and beg people to throw me all their wasted hours. — Bernard Berenson

Look at the parts the Oscar-nominated actresses played this year: hooker, hooker, hooker, hooker, and nun. — Nora Ephron

Don't raise your voice, improve your argument.
[Address at the Nelson Mandela Foundation in Houghton, Johannesburg, South Africa, 23 November 2004] — Desmond Tutu

War, we are told, shapes character; it resolves the major questions of international politics, consolidates nations, and indeed, constitutes the principal factor in the progress of civilization through its successive stages. — Elie Ducommun

Live and learn, or you don't live long. — Robert A. Heinlein

In the winter, I'm always in Europe. July and September are New Zealand and Chile camps. I'm always on the road. — Lindsey Vonn

What are all the thoughts rattling in your mind when you're not listening to the answers to questions you ask?
-Jo, Boom — Peter Sinn Nachtrieb

He's an American, qualified to play for Wales because he has a Welsh grandmother, who was on the bench against Switzerland. — Guy Mowbray

Wars, however frequent and destructive they may be, have never been able to kill entirely the intellectual and moral sense which raises man above the beast. — Elie Ducommun

I glanced into his emerald green eyes and felt the depth of my feelings unravel. If anything, my feelings were stronger because my heart longed to be with him. — B. Truly

I leave to the militarists the difficult task of trying to explain to us how these wars have served to shape character or to promote the progress of civilization or to achieve the reign of justice on earth. So far, they have not come forward with the explanation. — Elie Ducommun