#his

The glories of our blood and state, Are shadows, not substantial things; There is no armour against fate, Death lays his icy hand on kings. Scepter and crown must tumble down, And, in the dust, be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. ↗

— James Shirley

#armour #blood #crooked #crown #death

Remember, God provides the best camouflage several hours out of every 24. ↗

— David M. Shoup

#best #camouflage #every #god #hours

I suspect there isn't an actor alive who was able to truthfully answer his family's questions after his first day's activity in his future profession. ↗

— Simone Signoret

#activity #actor #after #alive #answer

John Foster Dulles had called on me in his capacity as Secretary of State, and he had exhausted every argument to persuade me to place Cambodia under the protection of the South East Asia Treaty Organization. ↗

— Norodom Sihanouk

#asia #called #cambodia #capacity #east

The earliest phase of social formations found in historical as well as in contemporary social structures is this: a relatively small circle firmly closed against neighboring, strange, or in some way antagonistic circles. ↗

— Georg Simmel

#antagonistic #circle #circles #closed #contemporary

...in the unique case of a country’s geographic position, it is difficult to consider this factor as anything other than a cause, unless we assume that in prehistoric times peoples migrated to climates that fit their concepts of power distance, which is rather far-fetched. ↗

— Geert Hofstede

#funny #prehistory #travel #funny

As early as 1,000 BC, man had to wait nearly 3,000 years to talk to me.
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— Jarod Kintz

#history #humor #man #time #funny

It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it. ↗

— Upton Sinclair

#difficult #get #his #man #salary

I'd be stupid not to thank my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ because it was tough out there and I was nervous, and I felt his presence all day. ↗

— Webb Simpson

#because #christ #day #felt #his

Bush sees the evil as out there in the wider world, residing in people who 'hate freedom'. Look at his immediate response to the pictures of prisoner abuse; this is not what Americans do, these are not our values. ↗

— Peter Singer

#bush #evil #freedom #hate #his