Nels F. S. Ferré (Nels Fredrick Solomon Ferré) Quotes
A man who experiences no genuine satisfaction in life does not want peace. Men court war to escape meaninglessness and boredom, to be relieved of fear and frustration.
Nels F. S. Ferré
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When I wrote 'The West Wing,' the juice behind it was that in popular culture, our leaders in government are generally portrayed as Machiavellian, or as idiots. I thought, well, how about writing about a group of hyper-competent people?
Aaron Sorkin
The classic war movies of the post-Vietnam era have generally taken on grand, philosophical themes: the meaninglessness of war, the grinding down of man by the machine - the machine being war itself, represented by someone like Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in 'Full Metal Jacket,' the sadistic marine who turns his boys into instruments of death.
Hanna Rosin
Don't forget we are in a state of war and no peace. But it's very dynamic and challenging compared to the rest of the Arab world.
Walid Jumblatt
It's just not my nature to go around idolizing people.
Magnus Carlsen
Elections, for their part, are typically popularity contests rather than measures of candidates' relative competency or effectiveness. Imagine if scientific truth were determined according to which scientist was most popular. To be successful, scientists would have to be charismatic and attractive - and human knowledge would suffer terribly.
Nathan Myhrvold
I have a little bit of that gamer spirit in me. I just don't have the time to be a gamer. But in another life, I would be one.
J. Cole
Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything.
Napoleon Hill
The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the divinity itself; and can never be erased or obscured by mortal power.
Alexander Hamilton
In addition to needed gun control reforms, America urgently needs a stronger protest movement dedicated to reducing the glorification of violence in our culture - in music, film, television, video games, and even the Internet.
Bernice King
The tenor voice should be like sunshine.
Marcello Giordani
Win if you can, lose if you must, but always cheat.
Jesse Ventura
Higher education is not growing fast enough to meet the needs of Nevada.
James E. Rogers
We have a certain bond that we don't have with anyone else on the planet. You just have that bond, that journey when you are in a band together.
Dolores O'Riordan
The Cranberries
Anthropologists believe women were among the skilled boxers of the ancient, sport-loving Minoan culture that flourished on Crete until 1100 B.C. The boxing booths at English fairs featured women in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Katherine Dunn
Until I was about 14, I was so shy.
Adwoa Aboah
I'm a big believer in, no matter what you go through in life, as long as you can laugh your way through it, you're going to be okay.
Alyssa Milano
When I first started writing songs, I was probably about ten or twelve years old, and the first thing you think as a songwriter is, 'Can this be a hit? Can this come out, and people are going to hear the song and like the song, and then they're going to like you, and you'll get famous and rich?' That hasn't changed a bit.
Michael Bacon
I often plagiarize from myself. I like to think of this as ecological journalism: I recycle.
Molly Ivins
