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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

Read Don Quixote; it is a very good book; I still read it frequently. — Thomas Sydenham

I believe in following your instincts with the people that you like and who you like to be with. — Piper Perabo

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

EVERYONE MAKES MISTAKES, EVEN THE PERSONS WE LOVE. — Nicholas Sparks

Gratitude looks to the Past and love to the Present; fear, avarice, lust, and ambition look ahead. — C.S. Lewis

I essentially write for myself. — Leon Uris

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

I'm free to give my love, but you're not the one I'm thinking of. — Neil Young

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

Many attempts to communicate are nullified by saying too much. — Robert K. Greenleaf

Confound it, it's foolish, Tom — Mark Twain

Sunset is so marvellous that even the sun itself watches it every day in the reflections of the infinite oceans! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Once a song's out there, it's no longer mine. And that's the whole purpose of music: to belong to people. — Sade Adu

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

I got a lot of empathy from my mother growing up, and I think it prevented me from ever really just writing people off. — Matt McGorry

I can only answer for Chuck Grassley; I can't answer for anybody else. — Chuck Grassley

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

The whole point about thinking brilliantly is about knowing your identity and the favor you have in Christ — Graham Cooke

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

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

Friends are rare for, the good reason that men are not common. — Philibert Joseph Roux

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

I'm really open to everything. — Christina Ricci