Highlander Tv Series Quotes & Sayings

People are lying all the time as to what a murderous nation we are. So let it be known. We're behaving abominably. It's like having a relative go absolutely nuts. Somebody has to say, "I think Uncle Charlie's off his rocker." We are behaving in a bizarre manner. — Kurt Vonnegut

I am formally accountable to the steering board of the PIC, and I meet with nine ambassadors from the PIC every week. I have to have the capitals' broad agreement with what I do. — Paddy Ashdown

Today's energy mix is the result of yesterday's consumer habits, considerable investment, and various political decisions. The potential of renewable energies, now a well-established fact, is undeniable if given the time to arrive at the technical and economic maturity that will free them from subsidization policies. — Christophe De Margerie

I am sometimes asked, "How do you know there won't be a war tomorrow (or a genocide, or an act of terrorism) that will refute your whole thesis?" The question misses the point of this book. The point is not that we have entered an Age of Aquarius in which every last earthling has been pacified forever. It is that substantial reductions in violence have taken place, and it is important to understand them. Declines in violence are caused by political, economic, and ideological conditions that take hold in particular cultures at particular times. If the conditions reverse, violence could go right back up. — Steven Pinker

I can't understand why people so readily put themselves up to be humiliated. — Penelope Wilton

I found my way to make my peace with the recent past by turning it into WORD. — Charles Bartlett Johnson

God's grace is twofold, Both unmerited favor and divine enablement. While one makes you worthy to be, the other makes you able to do. — Hope D. Blackwell

One is and remains a slave as long as one is not cured of hoping. — Emile M. Cioran