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When the fabric of society is so rigid that it cannot change quickly enough, adjustments are achieved by social unrest and revolutions. — John Boyd Orr

Some wars have been due to the lust of rulers for power and glory, or to revenge to wipe out the humiliation of a former defeat. — John Boyd Orr

I start with something that makes me angry or confused, and then I write about it. It's a form of self-help. — Brian K. Vaughan

You have to see and smell and feel the circumstances of people to really understand them. — Kamala Harris

You gotta challenge all assumptions. If you don't, what is doctrine on day one becomes dogma forever after. — John Boyd

Empires won by conquest have always fallen either by revolt within or by defeat by a rival. — John Boyd Orr

The real evil of the Russian communist state is not communism. It is the secret police and the concentration camp. — John Boyd Orr

Stockbrokers, secretaries, government functionaries - everybody back then was expected to have some kind of inner life. — Gary Shteyngart

The saddest people always have the most beautiful smiles. — Unknown

If people have to choose between freedom and sandwiches they will take sandwiches. — John Boyd Orr

Our civilization has evolved through the continuous adjustment of society to the stimulus of new knowledge. — John Boyd Orr

You fit me better than my favorite sweater. — Lana Del Rey

To deal with reality you must first recognize it as such. — Laurence Gonzales

I hate this. Will the darkness ever fade?
Will I ever see light again?
Is it light where you are? — Lisa Schroeder

To be or to do? Which way will you go? — John Boyd

Measured in time of transport and communication, the whole round globe is now smaller than a small European country was a hundred years ago. — John Boyd Orr

Nearly every country in the world is now becoming industrialized as rapidly as it can. — John Boyd Orr

If a man asks me for my loyalty ... I will give him my honesty.
If a man asks me for my honesty ... I will give him my loyalty! — John Boyd

When did you feel most fulfilled? When did you impress yourself, or otherwise feel most proud of yourself? — David Maister

Decisions without actions are pointless. Actions without decisions are reckless. — John Boyd

Nativity is the enemy of prophecy. — Giannina Braschi

Our civilization is now in the transition stage between the age of warring empires and a new age of world unity and peace. — John Boyd Orr

You don't know which way a thing will come at you, but you need to welcome it with your whole heart which ever way it arrives. — Joan Bauer

Knowledge must then lead to education in self-control. — Pope John Paul II

Those flawed in their nature have no control over themselves. — Thich Nhat Hanh

Some think the worst horrors of war might be avoided by an international agreement not to use atomic bombs. This is a vain hope. — John Boyd Orr

Unless I've got Katy Perry on the cover of my CD, it's going to be tough to sell a lot of records. — Kenny G

The history of our civilization has been one of intermittent war. — John Boyd Orr

I always was getting into trouble some way, because I was really good at lying when I was a kid. — Ian Harding