#convent

At first the English were very surprised by our disregarding the Hague Convention. But from 1916 onward they used at least as much poison as we did. ↗

— Otto Hahn

#did #disregarding #english #first #hague

The disruptive powers of excessive national fecundity may have played a greater part in bursting the bonds of convention than either the power of ideas or the errors of autocracy. ↗

— John Maynard Keynes

#bonds #bursting #convention #disruptive #either

I always thought it'd be fun to go to a sci-fi convention, watch a bunch of Klingons walking around, all of that kind of stuff. ↗

— Michael Welch

#around #bunch #convention #fun #go

Osama bin Laden, the person, more likely serves the function of a stand-in. Compare the new terrorists with partisans or conventional terrorists in Israel. These people often fight in a decentralized manner in small, autonomous units, too. ↗

— Jurgen Habermas

#bin #compare #conventional #fight #function

Listen to advice. You don't know how many writer's conferences I've taught at where at least half the audience fights all the conventions of the field. ↗

— Jane Haddam

#audience #conferences #conventions #field #fights

States are like people. They do not question the awful status quo until some dramatic event overturns the conventional and lax way of thinking. ↗

— Victor Davis Hanson

#conventional #dramatic #event #lax #like

Let's give the conventions back to the politicians. If we think there's any news, we can tack it on afterward as commentary. But the conventions should be their show, not ours. ↗

— Don Hewitt

#back #commentary #conventions #give #news

A convention was drawn up on June 17, 1925, in which the principle of supervision, as opposed to that of simple propaganda, was recognized, thanks to the efforts of the labour members, of whom I was one. ↗

— Leon Jouhaux

#drawn #efforts #i #june #labour

I only went to one Star Trek convention and that was in the late '80s. I hadn't gone to a convention before that. It was quite amusing, with the people dressed up and all of that. ↗

— Persis Khambatta

#before #convention #dressed #gone #hadn

The Bio-diversity Convention has not yielded any tangible benefits to the world's poor. ↗

— Atal Bihari Vajpayee

#benefits #convention #poor #tangible #world