Vorhanden Englisch Quotes & Sayings

Historically, and notably in the 1905 Russo-Japanese war, the Japanese army's conduct towards defeated enemies had been characterised by mercy. The ruling Tokyo "control group" changed all that, instilling a culture of ruthlessness indistinguishable from barbarism into its armed forces; in 1934 the Ministry of War published a pamphlet which ennobled conflict as "the father of creation and mother of culture. Rivalry for supremacy does for the state what struggle against adversity does for the individual." The Allies now began to discover the significance of this merciless vision for those who fell into enemy hands. Before — Max Hastings

There should be at least one leak like the Pentagon Papers every year. — Daniel Ellsberg

I'm hopeless at looking into myself and trying to see how things are working and why. — Tom Stoppard

What is this thing that makes us human? Birth, heartbreak, a desire for safety and order? Is it anger, shame, or fear? What we desire is unattainable and although we know it, we keep striving for it. Sisyphus, the Greek god, and all that. — Fadia Faqir

I rap for listeners, blunt heads, fly ladies and prisoners — Nas

It is critical, therefore, in every new generation and setting to find ways to communicate the gospel clearly and strikingly, distinguishing it from its opposites and counterfeits. — Timothy Keller

afflict; - he had become a clod of earth, and his life was vanished like a shadow! — Ann Radcliffe

New technologies make it possible for even the mass marketer to assume the role of a small proprietor, doing business again wit individuals, one at a time. — Don Peppers

For fear you will be alone you do so many things that aren't you at all. — Richard Brautigan

A certain degree of ceremony is a necessary outwork of manners, as well as of religion; it keeps the forward and petulant at a proper distance, and is a very small restraint to the sensible and to the well-bred part of the world. — Lord Chesterfield