“There is nothing more explosive than a skilled population condemned to inaction. Such a population is likely to become a hotbed of extremism and intolerance, and be receptive to any proselytizing ideology, however absurd and vicious, which promises vast action.” ActionPromisePopulationAbsurdIdeologyIntoleranceViciousExtremismInactionExplosivesReceptiveProselytizing Book:Between the Devil and the Dragon: The Best Essays and Aphorisms of Eric Hoffer Source: Between the Devil and the Dragon: The Best Essays and Aphorisms of Eric Hoffer
“Ideas came with explosive immediacy, like an instant birth. Human thought is like a monstrous pendulum; it keeps swinging from one extreme to the other.” HumansIdeasBirthExtremesInstantMonstrousExplosivesHuman ThoughtImmediacyPendulums Author:Eugene Field
“I happened to happened to land in a time, in the middle '60s, that without knowing it, and without being told by the history of theater - which we now see from a historical point of view was an explosive time.” ViewsKnowingHappenedLandMiddleTheaterHistoricalPoint Of ViewExplosives Author:James Earl Jones
“It's hard for people to get their hands around fame, because it's heady stuff, and you have to look at it as being dangerous explosives, and you have to handle it with care.” PeopleLooksHardHandsCareStuffDangerousFameHandleExplosives Author:George Hamilton
“I know it sounds trite but I wanted to make a difference. Political debates with my father had been fraught because he was uncompromising and explosive but if he taught me one thing it was to air my views.” IfsKnowsWantedPoliticalFatherSoundDifferencesViewsOne ThingAirTaughtDebateMaking A DifferenceExplosivesUncompromisingPolitical Debates Author:Vince Cable
“Palestine is the cement that holds the Arab world together, or it is the explosive that blows it apart.” WorldTogetherBlowPalestinianPalestineExplosivesCementArab World Author:Yasser Arafat