John Boyd Orr Quotes

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

Quotes to Explore

I talk every day about doing the right thing.

Laura Schlessinger
- Day
- Doing The Right Thing
I could not tell you the date of my mother's death. I could not tell you the date of my dad's death. These are not dates that I find significant.

O. J. Simpson
- Mother
- Death
- Dad
There is another old poet whose name I do not now remember who said, 'Truth is the daughter of Time.'

Abraham Lincoln
- Time
- Truth
- Remember
I don't use drugs, my dreams are frightening enough.

M. C. Escher
- Enough
- Dreams
- Use
First developed as a weapon by the U.S. Army, VX is an oily, odorless and tasteless liquid that kills on contact with the skin or when inhaled in aerosol form. Like other nerve agents, it is treatable in the first minutes after exposure but otherwise leads swiftly to fatal convulsions and respiratory failure.

Barton Gellman
- Failure
- Army
- First
Fiction about mining has a long tradition - Emile Zola's 'Germinal' and Upton Sinclair's 'King Coal' come to mind - and most readers will be aware of the industry's harsh conditions.

Floyd Skloot
- Long
- Mind
- King