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John Boyd Quotes & Sayings

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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

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

The pain of one-sided love, of knowing that I had loved her more than she had loved me — Sierra Simone

Art demands of us that we shall not stand still. — Ludwig Van Beethoven

Freedom comes with
understand who you are.. — Semanyenzi Richard

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

The biggest problem with melancholy is that it is more detailed than the world. — Lisa Robertson

We are allowed to do that, are we not Mabel? To invent our own endings and choose joy over sorrow? — Eowyn Ivey

You may be wondering why there are words on my hands. That's because I'm a dork. And I'm gonna choose not to explain myself. — Hank Green

Come, then, let us go forward together with our united strength - and win a better future for generations to come. — Van Jones

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

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

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

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

Neither of them even had time to scream. — Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney

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

That's the first time you've said my name." He rubbed their lips together. "Whisper it again in my ear, then I'll go. — Tessa Bailey

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

It is so easy to forget that this is good that we're alive. We should be enjoying this gift of being alive. — Victoria Principal

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

I know of a home on the West Coast where each room was a part of a person's soul. — James L. Rubart

Pursuit and possession are accompanied by states of consciousness so wide apart that they can never be united. — Jack London

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