#horrors

If there were a clear prospect that such evils were part of a barbarian past, then at least we might find a small crumb of comfort. No such prospect exists: no scientific analysis can even remotely answer or account for past and present horrors of human behaviour. ↗

— Simon Conway Morris

#analysis #answer #barbarian #behaviour #clear

In its history, Europe has committed so many massacres and horrors that it should bow its own head in shame. ↗

— Desmond Tutu

#committed #europe #head #history #horrors

More than seven months ago, our country learned that the horrors portrayed in Hollywood's make-believe world could actually come to life before our very eyes. ↗

— Paul Gillmor

#ago #before #come #could #country

It wasn't long before people discovered the final horrors of letting an urchin into Parliament. ↗

— Bernadette Devlin

#discovered #final #horrors #into #letting

Why do people talk of the horrors of old age? It's great. I feel like a fine old car with the parts gradually wearing out, but I'm not complaining,... Those who find growing old terrible are people who haven't done what they wanted with their lives. ↗

— Martha Gellhorn

#car #complaining #done #feel #find

Some think the worst horrors of war might be avoided by an international agreement not to use atomic bombs. This is a vain hope. ↗

— John Boyd Orr

#atomic #atomic bombs #avoided #bombs #hope

What can I tell you about things like Circus of Horrors except that I get killed by the bear? ↗

— Donald Pleasence

#bear #circus #except #get #horrors

What kind of America do people want to leave for their children? What horrors are down the road, stuff that was unthinkable 30 years ago? ↗

— Randall Terry

#america #children #down #down the road #horrors

The horrors of the Second World War, the chilling winds of the Cold War and the crushing weight of the Iron Curtain are little more than fading memories. Ideals that once commanded great loyalty are now taken for granted. ↗

— Jan Peter Balkenende

#cold #cold war #commanded #crushing #curtain

We didn't see what happened after mortars landed, only the puff of smoke. There were horrors that were completely left out of this war. So was this journalism? Or was this coverage? ↗

— Ashleigh Banfield

#completely #coverage #happened #horrors #journalism