friendship

"Mussolini exhibited a cynical skill at rewarding his enemies and rebuking his friends."

"Without the parallel development of systems of monetary - and credit-based exchange there could have been no development of economies beyond the most primitive organizational forms and the most geogra…"

"Polygamy and polyandry distribute the frightening physical solidarity of monogamy. Monogamous couples are always hungry for company: to dilute sex."

"My dad never blew anything up, but he probably had friends who did. He and my mom have always preached that the pen is mightier than a Molotov cocktail."

"English policy is to float lazily downstream, occasionally putting out a diplomatic boat-hook to avoid collisions."

"It is the residue of animal and vegetable putrefaction, and is a black body; when dry it is pulverulent, and when wet has a soft, greasy feel... It is the produce of organic power—a compound of carbon…"

"He words stuff with a real, I guess it's a witty, intelligent, very human . I would like to grab some of those qualities...I wish he was my friend."

"Life often seems like a long shipwreck, of which the débris are friendship, fame, and love."

"“Turkey and Syria weirding you out?…Folks in Frankfurt made me feel like the Cold War never really went away. Somebody shoots down a couple of Russian jets, wham, it’s Cold War Atlantis, risen from th…"

"Writers, especially when they act in a body and with one direction, have great influence on the public mind."

"Words, especially those of a constitution, are not to be read with such stultifying narrowness."

"There’s another important lesson here: If something seems weird, it’s probably even weirder than you think. The universe is really, really, really weird, guys."

"The Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is completely scientific... When I was registering this association in New York, some friend suggested that "Why you are giving this name 'Kṛṣṇa'? Why not put the name…"

"Each of these five propositions is intrinsically sound. Each is wise. Each is capable of implementation. Taken collectively, they constitute a practical and principled foundation for regional cooperat…"

"The thing about sci-fi is that it’s complete escapism. I think nowadays, people really need that; they thirst for it."

"At first the tumbling had me totally disoriented. With each degree that I turned, the images around me would deform and change. Three given blobs might split or merge to two or five, while some other …"

"Oh, that Einstein, always cutting lectures... I really would not believe him capable of it."

"My coaches and teammates really trusted me and gave me a chance to improve. They would come to me after a game I didn't score and say, 'Hey, don't worry about it. Next game you'll score.' The guys wer…"

"Bolshevism, which once aspired to supplant tottering capitalism, is now in a state of incurable degeneration both at home in Russia and internationally."

"Because of the distrust that has grown from our experience, we are very careful whom we welcome. We are selective in our companions, we look suspiciously those who sit beside us in a bar and start tal…"