#cons

I visited the Chinese side last year. The Chinese are in a constant state of military readiness. They have all their nuclear weapons in the area, presumably trained on targets across the border. ↗

— Harrison Salisbury

#area #border #chinese #constant #constant state

The virtue of some people consists wholly in condemning the vices in others. ↗

— Herbert Samuel

#consists #others #people #some #some people

It is possible to be a master in false philosophy, easier, in fact, than to be a master in the truth, because a false philosophy can be made as simple and consistent as one pleases. ↗

— George Santayana

#consistent #easier #fact #false #in fact

A human being is a being who is constantly 'under construction,' but also, in a parallel fashion, always in a state of constant destruction. ↗

— Jose Saramago

#always #being #constant #constantly #construction

Abstention means you stayed at home or went to the beach. By casting a blank vote, you're saying you have a political conscience but you don't agree with any of the existing parties. ↗

— Jose Saramago

#agree #any #beach #blank #casting

The period that I could consider the most important in my literary work came about beginning with the Revolution, and in a certain way, developed as a consequence of the Revolution. But it was also a result of the counterrevolutionary coup of November 1975. ↗

— Jose Saramago

#also #beginning #came #certain #certain way

Things will be very bad for Latin America. You only have to consider the ambitions and the doctrines of the empire, which regards this region as its backyard. ↗

— Jose Saramago

#backyard #bad #consider #doctrines #empire

So I would hope they would develop some kind of habit that involves understanding that their life is so full they can afford to give in all kinds of ways to other people. I consider that to be baseline spirituality. ↗

— Susan Sarandon

#consider #develop #full #give #habit

To be gay is nothing to be proud of. It's in how you are gay that you have something to be proud of, considering the obstacles placed in your path if you are gay. ↗

— Dan Savage

#gay #how #nothing #obstacles #path

Be able to back up a car for a considerable distance in a straight line and back out of a driveway. ↗

— Marilyn vos Savant

#back #back up #car #considerable #distance