Source: Tragedy and Hope: A History of the World in Our Time
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“The artist's job is to be a witness to his time in history.”
Source: The uncommon wisdom of Ronald Reagan: a portrait in his own words
“All adventures, especially into new territory, are scary.”
Source: To Space & Back
“A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.”
“Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock.”
“You can't say civilization don't advance... in every war they kill you in a new way.”
“An onion can make people cry but there's never been a vegetable that can make people laugh.”
“It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.”
Source: The Strenuous Life: Essays and Addresses
“Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering.”
“Get action. Seize the moment. Man was never intended to become an oyster.”
Source: Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century
“The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but that's the way to bet.”
Source: In good faith
“There are some people who, if they don't already know, you can't tell 'em.”
Source: Uncertain Paths to Freedom: Russia and China, 1919-22
“Russians can give you arms but only the United States can give you a solution.”
Source: Broca's brain: reflections on the romance of science
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”
“History is a pack of lies about events that never happened told by people who weren't there.”
“Sanity is madness put to good use.”
Source: The Essential Santayana: Selected Writings
Source: The Life of Reason or The Phases of Human Progress: Reason in Society, Volume VII, Book Two
“There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.”
Source: George Bernard Shaw: Collected Articles, Lectures, Essays and Letters: Thoughts and Studies from the Renowned Dramaturge and Author of Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Pygmalion, Arms and The Man, Saint Joan, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion
“The British soldier can stand up to anything except the British War Office.”
“May you live to be 100 and may the last voice you hear be mine.”
“Friendship is a word, the very sight of which in print makes the heart warm.”
Source: The Collected Essays & Addresses of the Rt. Hon. Augustine Birrell, 1880-1920 ...
“Libraries are not made, they grow.”
Source: Collected essays
“The only interesting answers are those that destroy the questions.”