Duranty Walter Quotes & Sayings

Nothing before had ever made me thoroughly realise, though I had read various scientific books, that science consists in grouping facts so that general laws or conclusions may be drawn from them. — Charles Darwin

The problem with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or wishes rather than their minds. — Walter Duranty

The question now is: Can we understand our stupidity? This is a test of intellect, not of character. — John K. Fairbank

There is no famine or actual starvation nor is there likely to be. — Walter Duranty

An awe so quiet I don't know when it began.
A gratitude had begun to sing in me.
Was there some moment dividing song from no song?
When does dewfall begin?
When does night fold its arms over our hearts to cherish them?
When is daybreak? — Denise Levertov

There is no actual starvation or deaths from starvation but there is widespread mortality from diseases due to malnutrition. — Walter Duranty

Wouldn't it be wonderful if you could spare them from all suffering? No, it wouldn't. They would not evolve as human beings and would remain shallow, identified with the external form of things. Suffering drives you deeper. The paradox is that suffering is caused by identification with form and erodes identification with form. A lot of it is caused by the ego, although eventually suffering destroys the ego-but not until you suffer consciously. — Eckhart Tolle

As a part of the NFL, things change every year. — Tom Brady

Must all of them and their families be physically abolished? Of course not? They must be 'liquidated' or melted in the hot fire of exile and labor into the proletarian masses. — Walter Duranty