#ann

A threatened nation can react to uncertain dangers solely through administrative channels, to the truly embarrassing situation of perhaps overreacting. ↗

— Jurgen Habermas

#channels #dangers #embarrassing #nation #perhaps

I consider Bush's decision to call for a war against terrorism a serious mistake. He is elevating these criminals to the status of war enemies, and one cannot lead a war against a network if the term war is to retain any definite meaning. ↗

— Jurgen Habermas

#any #bush #call #cannot #consider

Good acting is all in the writing. If it isn't on the page, then it really won't make any difference. You cannot act on force of personality alone. ↗

— Larry Hagman

#acting #alone #any #cannot #difference

I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do. ↗

— Edward Everett Hale

#cannot #everything #i #i am #i can

If you have accomplished all that you have planned for yourself, you have not planned enough. ↗

— Edward Everett Hale

#enough #planned #you #yourself

I've never been a planner. I didn't know I was going to run for the State House. I didn't know I was going to run for governor. I don't know what's next, and I love not thinking about it because the doors open at a certain time. ↗

— Nikki Haley

#because #been #certain #certain time #doors

Men often oppose a thing merely because they have had no agency in planning it, or because it may have been planned by those whom they dislike. ↗

— Alexander Hamilton

#because #been #dislike #had #may

Incommensurables cannot be compared. ↗

— Garrett Hardin

#compared

Of course poets have morals and manners of their own, and custom is no argument with them. ↗

— Thomas Hardy

#course #custom #manners #morals #own

You lose your manners when you are poor. ↗