When all is said, its atmosphere (England's) still contains fewer germs of aggression and brutality per cubic foot in a crowded bus, pub or queue than in any other country in which I have lived
Arthur Koestler
Related It is often said that ‘the germ of all Stalinism was in Bolshevism at its beginning’. Well, I ha... VICTOR SERGE The art of doing mathematics consists in finding that special case which contains all the germs of g... DAVID HILBERT It's just not practical. Seventy-five per cent of businesses in this country have fewer than five em... CATHERINE SWIFT To say nothing of its holiness or authority, the Bible contains more specimens of genius and taste t... WALTER S. LANDOR We have one of the highest interest rates in the world, and we owe more money per capita than any ot... PAULINE HANSON We have one of the highest interest rates in the world, and we owe more money per capita than any ot... PAULINE HANSON The original deal translated into an average price of 535,000 pounds per pub, whilst the average pri... JAMES DAWSON a. The chocolate in six (6) 100 gram subsamples contains an average of 60 or more insect fragments p... FDA FOOD REGULATIONS I know of no pursuit in which more real and important services can be rendered to any country than b... GEORGE WASHINGTON Same as you, Arthur. I hitched a ride. After all, with a degree in maths and another in astrophysics... DOUGLAS ADAMS If the aggression will not be stopped, the precedent of such unpunished aggression would sooner or l... VLADISLAV JOVANOVIC There are still some problems of course, We have 5,500 (bus) runs per day. 15 or 20 have problems. GIUSEPPE GATTINO On a per capita basis, Britain is responsible for more of the carbon dioxide now in the atmosphere t... JAMES HANSEN Would you have wished more, or fewer, anarchists around in the Thousand Year Reich or any of the oth... CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS THE SOMEWHERE BUS: There was a young girl who made a great fuss to be on the bus, for she knew she h... DIETMAR PAHL The attraction and superiority of California are in its days. It has better days & more of them, tha... 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One's ideas must be as broad as Nature if they are to interpret Nature ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE We have more endangered species here in our islands than any other state in the country. DAVID IGE We have more non-English players in our league than any other country in the world. GORDON TAYLOR To have a museum chronicling the great crime that was African slavery in the United States of Americ... SUSAN SONTAG When I became a novice monk, I lived in a temple where the atmosphere was quite like in a family. Th... NHAT HANH Even though the U.S. spends twice as much per person as any other developed country on health care, ... CAROLE SIMPSON Unborn children can experience pain even more so than adults as the baby has more pain receptors per... SAM BROWNBACK In many respects, the United States is a great country. Freedom of speech is protected more than in ... NOAM CHOMSKY There's more per capita than any other place in the world in Texas, ... Country music just brings th... GERONIMO I have faith that worthy but misunderstood or ignored books can still prevail - and when they do, fe... BILL CLEGG It is the growth of advertising in this country which, more than any single element, has brought the... EDWARD BOK They have been successfully used for many, many years in hundreds of elections all over the country.... DAVID BEAR More is currently at stake in terms of lives saved or lost in Africa than on any other continent. As... JAN EGELAND The roof is on its side. Does that mean the boat is on its side . . . or ?" "YES that's what i... TRENTON OLDFIELD There is no city in the United States in which I can get a warmer welcome and fewer votes than Colum... JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY At that moment the dull sound of a rumbling crash from outside filtered through the low murmur of th... DOUGLAS ADAMS If I lived in any other neighborhood in Seattle, I think I would have sold and moved on by now. The ... 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Over 34,000 families occupied in t... ERIC GENTRY In no State is there a weightier law than that which centers its stability in the supreme hereditary... RICHARD WAGNER In the first place, when there is a policy of intentional aggression, inspired by a desire to get po... ELIHU ROOT I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futil... DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futil... DWIGHT D EISENHOWER I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futil... DWIGHT DAVID EISENHOWER Its very variety, subtlety, and utterly irrational, idiomatic complexity makes it possible to say th... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Of the 14 bull markets in the S&P 500 index over the past 75 years, fewer than half have lived to ce... JAMES STACK All greatness of character is dependent on individuality. The man who has no other existence than th... JAMES F. COOPER All greatness of character is dependent on individuality. The man who has no other existence than t... JAMES FENIMORE COOPER When in doubt, don't. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN When in doubt, do it. OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, JR. I've never lived in an English-speaking country, ever, but I lived in Austria. So, my second lan... EDGAR RAMIREZ felt the shadow of history in its brutality. HELMUT KOHL It is often said that Poland is a country where there is anti-semitism and no Jews, which is patholo... BRONISLAW GEREMEK I still believe in the possibility of the United States, with all its will and all its strength, and... RICHARD HOLBROOKE I began by saying that our history will be what we make it. If we go on as we are, then history will... EDWARD R. MURROW People in this country don't realize how tyrannical the Left is. It is phenomenally intolerant o... KEN CUCCINELLI It is much more valuable to look for the strength in others. You can gain nothing by criticizing the... DAISAKU IKEDA the deceased don’t want you to forget about them. They just want you to move past it; not to dwell... JUSTIN PYFROM All of us, whether or not we are warriors, have a cubic centimeter of chance that pops out in front ... CARLOS CASTANEDA There is simply no evidence to suggest that Jose Padilla has ever engaged in any violent actions tow... MICHAEL CARUSO Friendship is one of the most tangible things in a world which offers fewer and fewer supports. KENNETH BRANAGH Indictments of any kind are serious. That being said, let's not forget that an indictment is not... ROB SIMMONS
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ARTHUR O'SHAUNESSEY I am the slave of my baptism. Parents, you have caused my misfortune, and you have caused your own. ARTHUR RIMBAUD To find out your real opinion of someone, judge the impression you have when you first see a letter ... ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER National character is only another name for the particular form which the littleness, perversity and... ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER That the outer man is a picture of the inner, and the face an expression and revelation of the whole... ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER How very paltry and limited the normal human intellect is, and how little lucidity there is in the h... ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER Your biggest break can come from never quitting. Being at the right place at the right time can only... ARTHUR PINE If I have any justification for having lived it's simply, I'm nothing but faults, failures and so on... ARTHUR MILLER