“The idea that the rest of the world was somehow being held hostage by the Arab-Israeli conflict once had a minimal basis in reality. In the first 20 years of Israel's existence, every Arab country was in an active state of war with the Jewish state.” WorldYearsFirstsIdeasWarCountryStatesRealityExistenceConflictBasesIsraelActiveIsraeliHostageArab Israeli Conflict Author:John Podhoretz
“Indeed, Russia and the U.S. were allies during the two tragic conflicts of the Second and the First World Wars, which allows us to think there's something objectively bringing us together in difficult times, and I think - I believe - it has to do with geopolitical interests and also has a moral component.” ThinkingWorldFirstsBelieveTwoWarTogetherI BelieveDifficultInterestMoralConflictRussiaWar Of The WorldsTragicAlliesComponentsDifficult TimesFirst World WarGeopolitical Author:Vladimir Putin
“I've always had to conquer fear when I'm on stage. Basically, I was and still am a very shy person. It's absolutely in conflict with what I do. But once I deliver the first joke I'm okay. It's like I'm out there all by myself just delivering my lines to nobody in particular without ever trying to notice the audience in front of me.” TryingFirstsPersonsStillsLinesAudienceStageFrontsParticularConflictJokesOkayConquerShyDeliveringConquering FearShy Person Author:Steven Wright
“I did not marry the first girl that I fell in love with, because there was a tremendous religious conflict, at the time. She was an atheist, and I was an agnostic.” FirstsReligionGirlReligiousAtheismConflictHumorousAtheistWittyAgnosticReligious Conflict Author:Woody Allen
“This was the first time that he has ever looked into the labyrinth of the human soul. He was very far from understanding what he saw. But what was of more value, he felt and suffered with her. In years that were yet to come, he relived this memory in song, in the most beautiful song this world has known. For the understanding of the soul's defencelessness, of the conflict between the two poles, is not the source of the greatest song. The source of the greatest song is sympathy.” WorldYearsFirstsHumansTwoSoulBeautifulValuesSongFeltUnderstandingMemoriesKnownSawsThis WorldSourceConflictFirst TimeHuman SoulLabyrinthGreatest Song Author:Halldór Laxness
“The United States is the first nation to regularly conduct strikes using remotely piloted aircraft in an armed conflict. Other nations also possess this technology. Many more nations are seeking it, and more will succeed in acquiring it.” FirstsStatesNationsUnitedTechnologyUnited StatesSucceedConflictSeekingStrikesAircraftArmed Conflict Author:John O. Brennan
“So you wish to conquer in the Olympic Games, my friend? And I, too... But first mark the conditions and the consequences. You will have to put yourself under discipline; to eat by rule, to avoid cakes and sweetmeats; to take exercise at the appointed hour whether you like it or not, in cold and heat; to abstain from cold drinks and wine at your will. Then, in the conflict itself you are likely enough to dislocate your wrist or twist your ankle, to swallow a great deal of dust, to be severely thrashed, and after all of these things, to be defeated.” FirstsEnoughGamesWishHoursDealsConditionsColdDisciplineExerciseDrinkConflictMy FriendsConsequenceMarkWineDustConquerHeatCakeDefeatedTwistsYou Like ItWristsAnklesOlympic GamesGreat Sports Author:Epictetus
“The Three Laws of Robotics: 1: A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm; 2: A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law; 3: A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law; The Zeroth Law: A robot may not harm humanity, or, by inaction, allow humanity to come to harm.” FirstsHumansMayLongDoeLawHumanityOrderThreeGivenHuman BeingsExistenceProtectConflictProtectionHarmRobotsInactionRobotics Book:In memory yet green: the autobiography of Isaac Asimov, 1920-1954 Source: In memory yet green: the autobiography of Isaac Asimov, 1920-1954
“Our first and most pressing problem is how to do away with warfare as a method of solving conflicts between national groups within a society who have different views about how the society is to run.” FirstsDifferentProblemRunningViewsGroupsConflictMethodWarfareDifferent Views Book:PEOPLE AND PLACES Source: PEOPLE AND PLACES
“It is doubtful whether God can bless a man greatly until he has hurt him deeply." God actually rises up storms of conflict in relationships at times in order to accomplish that deeper work in our character. We cannot love our enemies in our own strength. This is graduate-level grace. Are you willing to enter this school? Are you willing to take the test? If you pass, you can expect to be elevated to a new level in the Kingdom. For He brings us through these tests as preparation for greater use in the Kingdom. You must pass the test first.” IfsMenFirstsCharacterUseSchoolOrderHurtLevelsEnemyGreaterGraceWillingConflictTestsDeeperAccomplishStormKingdomsPreparationBlessGraduatesDoubtful Author:Aiden Wilson Tozer
“~I used to think, What if there's an interesting movie and it conflicts with the boys going to a new school for the first time?... Well, I didn't anticipate that was going to be about a two-second dilemma. I didn't know the choices would be so easy to make.~” IfsThinkingKnowsFirstsWellsTwoWould BeSchoolUsedChoicesEasyInterestingBoysConflictFirst TimeParentingWhat IfAnticipateDilemma Author:Jodie Foster
“The ultimate meditation is: surrender to reality. The more you fight, the more you are in conflict with it, the more you will be a loser. In deep surrender, the ego disappears. And when the ego is not there, for the first time you become aware of that which has always been there.” FirstsRealitySpiritualFightingMeditationAwarenessConflictEgoLosingFirst TimeUltimateDisappearSurrenderDeepLoserMystic Author:Rajneesh
“We think of violence as being conflict and fighting and wars and so forth, but the most ongoing horrific measure of violence is in the horrible poverty of the Third World... and the poverty in the United States as well. We have our own Third World here. And we have to first become aware of that and how to help and solve that.” ThinkingWorldFirstsWellsWarStatesHelpingFightingUnitedPovertyUnited StatesViolenceConflictThirdsSolveHorribleOngoingThird WorldHorrificEnding Poverty Author:Martin Sheen
“The first quality of a soldier is constancy in enduring fatigue and hardship. Courage is only the second. Poverty privation and want are the school of the good soldier.” WantFirstsWarSchoolQualityPovertyConflictEndureSoldierHardshipFatigueConstancyGood Soldiers Author:Napoleon Bonaparte
“Every great scientific truth goes through three states: first, people say it conflicts with the Bible; next, they say it has been discovered before; lastly, they say they always believed it.” PeopleFirstsHas BeensStatesTruthThreeNextConflictAlways BelieveScientific Truth Author:Louis Agassiz
“Over the next 20 to 30 years, we are going to end up with world government. It's inevitable... There's going to be conflict, coercion and consensus. That's part of what will be required as we give birth to the first global civilization.” WorldGivingYearsFirstsEndsGovernmentNextCommunicationBirthCivilizationConflictInevitableConsensusCoercionWorld Government Author:Jim Garrison
“The measures adopted to restore public order are: First of all, the elimination of the so-called subversive elements. ... They were elements of disorder and subversion. On the morrow of each conflict I gave the categorical order to confiscate the largest possible number of weapons of every sort and kind. This confiscation, which continues with the utmost energy, has given satisfactory results.” FirstsKindGovernmentOrderEnergyGivenResultsNumbersConflictElementsWeaponsGunDisorderGun ControlAdoptedSubversiveMorrowEliminationSubversionDisarmingAnti Gun Author:Benito Mussolini
“In times of conflict, war, poverty or religious fundamentalism, women and children are the first and most numerous victims. Women need all their courage today.” NeedsFirstsChildrenWarTodayReligiousPovertyConflictVictimFundamentalismReligious Fundamentalism Author:Isabel Allende
“If you want to resolve a dispute or come out from conflict, the very first thing is to speak the truth. If you have a headache and tell the doctor you have a stomachache, how can the doctor help? You must speak the truth. The truth will abolish fear.” IfsWantFirstsHelpingMotivationalSpeakIntegrityConflictDoctorsResolveDisputesSpeak The TruthAbolishHeadache Author:Ziauddin Yousafzai