#ego

It is a kind of ego booster, the way Egypt's winning the 1973 war, in the first stages, was an uplift. But I did not find when I spoke to people that the war in Iraq was seen as the major issue in American-Arab relations. ↗

— Walter Russell Mead

#did #ego #egypt #find #first

Democracy is only a dream: it should be put in the same category as Arcadia, Santa Claus, and Heaven. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#claus #democracy #dream #heaven #only

Either we're going to solve this by realistic negotiation or there will be blood on the border. ↗

— Tom Metzger

#border #either #going #negotiation #realistic

Israelis and Palestinians are suspicious of each other and of promises from outside. But the need for a negotiated solution between the parties should not stymie international clarity and consensus about the endgame in terms of borders and other issues. ↗

— David Miliband

#between #borders #clarity #consensus #each

Egotism is not a good quality. It's not something to be admired or even tolerated. It wouldn't be tolerated in a field commander and it shouldn't be tolerated in a movie director. ↗

— John Milius

#commander #director #egotism #even #field

Because someone stole Gregory Peck's star on Hollywood Blvd., I have hired a Brink's guard to protect my star! ↗

— Rip Taylor

#brink #gregory #guard #hired #hollywood

As they say, one thing led to another, and, ultimately, the British and Irish governments asked me to serve as chairman of the peace negotiations, which ironically began six years ago this week. ↗

— George J. Mitchell

#another #asked #began #british #chairman

True, Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise. ↗

— Moliere

#compromise #generally #heaven #negotiate #pleasures

I have been judged to be a pessimist but what abyss of ignorance and low egoism is not hidden in one who thinks that Man is the god of himself and that his future can only be triumphant? ↗

— Eugenio Montale

#been #egoism #future #god #hidden

In a novel, I could submerge my ego in a character's and let his perceptions take over. ↗

— Elizabeth Moon

#could #ego #his #i #novel