#gain

The first duty of an historian is to be on guard against his own sympathies. ↗

— James Anthony Froude

#duty #first #guard #his #historian

You can't control people. You must understand them. You have to know where they're coming from, their beliefs and values, what turns them off, what they're against. ↗

— Hayden Fry

#beliefs #coming #control #know #must

I have pushed the boat out as far as I should in terms of taking on too many things. I'm getting older and I just could not take it any more. I am now monitoring myself very closely and I'm just trying not to get into that sort of state again. ↗

— Stephen Fry

#am #any #as far as #boat #closely

In the post war period I began again to have my doubts about Russian policy. ↗

— Klaus Fuchs

#again #began #doubts #i #period

In the name of noble purposes men have committed unspeakable acts of cruelty against one another. ↗

— J. William Fulbright

#against #another #committed #cruelty #men

When we violate the law ourselves, whatever short-term advantage may be gained, we are obviously encouraging others to violate the law; we thus encourage disorder and instability and thereby do incalculable damage to our own long-term interests. ↗

— J. William Fulbright

#damage #disorder #encourage #encouraging #gained

Learning hath gained most by those books by which the printers have lost. ↗

— Thomas Fuller

#gained #hath #learning #lost #most

Till now man has been up against Nature; from now on he will be up against his own nature. ↗

— Dennis Gabor

#been #his #man #nature #now

We will fight against any pro-nuclear power plan. And we will remind people that a change in the German nuclear consensus would stifle the development of sustainable energy and it would cost jobs. The SPD is the strongest among the opposition parties and we must take on this role with vigour. ↗

— Sigmar Gabriel

#among #any #change #consensus #cost

I went on television and I wouldn't say a word; I feel so stupid when I watch them again. ↗

— Charlotte Gainsbourg

#feel #i #i feel #say #stupid