#mer

Death not merely ends life, it also bestows upon it a silent completeness, snatched from the hazardous flux to which all things human are subject. ↗

— Hannah Arendt

#also #bestows #completeness #death #ends

No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes. On the contrary, whatever the punishment, once a specific crime has appeared for the first time, its reappearance is more likely than its initial emergence could ever have been. ↗

— Hannah Arendt

#been #commission #contrary #could #crime

The spirit of Ubuntu, that once led Haiti to emerge as the first independent black nation in 1804, helped Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador attain liberty, and inspired our forefathers to shed their blood for the United States' independence, cannot die. Today, this spirit of solidarity must and will empower all of us to rebuild Haiti. ↗

— Jean-Bertrand Aristide

#black #blood #cannot #colombia #die

It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully. ↗

— Aristotle

#chiefly #homer #lies #other #poets

I design for real people. I think of our customers all the time. There is no virtue whatsoever in creating clothing or accessories that are not practical. ↗

— Giorgio Armani

#accessories #clothing #creating #customers #i

There are so many things to take into account - your ambition, your ego, the press, the consumers. You can never be sure that you'll be on top of the pile again. ↗

— Giorgio Armani

#again #ambition #consumers #ego #into

We're going to have a tax cut. Today's American family is overtaxed at all levels. ↗

— Dick Armey

#american family #cut #family #going #levels

What is going on in America is extreme. The youth cult, they worship youth so much it's almost paranoid. And LA is the Mecca of it all; they're taking it to the hilt. ↗

— Billie Joe Armstrong

#america #cult #extreme #going #hilt

We've got to understand that the whole nature of the way American democracy guards its freedom has been changed. ↗

— John Ashcroft

#been #changed #democracy #freedom #got

All in all, for someone who was immersed in, fascinated by, and dedicated to flight, I was disappointed by the wrinkle in history that had brought me along one generation late. I had missed all the great times and adventures in flight. ↗

— Neil Armstrong

#along #brought #dedicated #disappointed #fascinated