Persico Quotes & Sayings

The last day of the war provided chilling closure. The ending, in its ferocity, bloodiness, and uselessness, contained the entire war in microcosm. The fighting went on for the hollowest of reasons: no one knew how to stop it. — Joseph E. Persico

Abel has left mathematicians enough to keep them busy for five hundred years. — Charles Hermite

I didn't want to write for pay. I wanted to be paid for what I write. — Leonard Cohen

I'm not a religious person. But, when I look at a beautiful cathedral, what brings awe, what induces awe is the idea that architecture, you know, a beautiful cathedral, a beautiful building. — Jason Silva

Philosophy is an odd thing. When we use the word in everyday speech, you know, you sometimes hear it hilariously. — Stephen Fry

Before them stood a small, erect man who fixed them with a withering gaze, Marshal Ferdinand Foch. After cool introductions, Foch opened the proceedings with a question that left the Germans agape. "Ask these gentlemen what they want," he said to his interpreter. When the Germans had recovered, Erzberger answered that they understood they had been sent to discuss armistice terms. Foch stunned them again: "Tell these gentlemen that I have no proposals to make. — Joseph E. Persico

The awareness of the ambiguity of one's highest achievements - as well as one's deepest failures - is a definite symptom of maturity. — Paul Tillich

Turkey, fearing attack by Russia, took Germany's side and declared war against the czar by bombarding the port of Odessa. — Joseph E. Persico