World At War Reznov Quotes & Sayings

I do not believe in immortality of the individual, and I consider ethics to be an exclusively human concern with no superhuman authority behind it. — Albert Einstein

Not only do the brave get killed, but the brave have a better chance of it. — John Steinbeck

Because I have an ideal to live up to. And I can't fall down in my own eyes! — Avijeet Das

Blood is our only permanent history, and blood history does not admit of revision — Harry Crews

This is the dilemma of science-think and yet again a situation in which scientists simply shouldn't be such scientists. Bring in the professionals, and trust them when they tell you to invest in communication. It may be frustrating and seem like a frivolous waste of resources, but what's the alternative strategy - to assume that people are rational, thinking beings? There's a famous quote by Democratic presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson, who heard a woman shout to him that all the thinking people of America were with him. He replied, "That's not going to be enough, Madam; I need a majority of the public. — Randy Olson

Nora, I just don't want you to become so obsessed with the present that you can't see the future. — Lia Habel

'Tis better to be fortunate than wise. — John Webster

I made commercials for corporations like Volkswagen and Coca-Cola, but I was always the one to write them, too, which was a very good exercise, because I learned to tell little stories. — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

Let it go
the smashed word broken open vow or the oath cracked length wise
let it go it was sworn to go let them go
the truthful liars and the false fair friends and the boths and neithers
you must let them go they were born to go let all go
the big small middling tall bigger really the biggest and all things
let all go dear so comes love — E. E. Cummings

The best travel is that which one can take by one's own fireside. In memory or imagination. — George Eliot

Vocal study before age 20 is likely to be injurious, though some survive it in the hands of very careful and understanding teachers. — Alma Gluck

Writers are always critical of themselves and I'm no exception. I always feel that maybe I could have done better. — Iris Johansen

She'd grown up hearing about epic battles between Guardians and demons, of legendary Wardens and their brave fight to keep the nocturnis at bay. To her, it all had the air of fairy tales, history through the lens of the Brothers Grimm. She listened to the tales the same way she listened to Beowulf, and had the same expectation of ever featuring in one of those famous battles as of facing Grendel's mother in a Scandinavian swamp.
Yet here she was, not just fighting the forces of evil but somehow tied to her very own Guardian, acting for all intents and purposes like the Warden she had once dreamed of becoming. — Christine Warren

If you think about it, the historian's task is like that of the detective. — David Herbert Donald

The initial trauma of a young child may go underground but it will return to haunt us. — James Garbarino