#sm

It is lamentable, that to be a good patriot one must become the enemy of the rest of mankind. ↗

— Voltaire

#become #enemy #good #lamentable #mankind

Optimism is the madness of insisting that all is well when we are miserable. ↗

— Voltaire

#madness #miserable #optimism #well

About astrology and palmistry: they are good because they make people vivid and full of possibilities. They are communism at its best. Everybody has a birthday and almost everybody has a palm. ↗

— Kurt Vonnegut

#about #almost #astrology #because #best

One day Mum saved up for this exciting new thing - a frozen chicken. She cooked it on the Sunday and we all sat around waiting for it, but there was a terrible smell from the kitchen. She didn't realise that the giblets were in a plastic bag inside it. We just ate vegetables and she cried and cried. ↗

— Carol Vorderman

#ate #bag #chicken #cooked #cried

Pessimism is only the name that men of weak nerves give to wisdom. ↗

— Bernard De Voto

#men #name #nerves #only #pessimism

I loathe narcissism, but I approve of vanity. ↗

— Diana Vreeland

#i #loathe #narcissism #vanity

In the fight against terrorism, national agencies keep full control over their police forces, security and intelligence agencies and judicial authorities. ↗

— Gijs de Vries

#agencies #authorities #control #fight #forces

We remain vulnerable. There is no such thing as 100 percent security against terrorism. ↗

— Gijs de Vries

#percent #remain #security #such #terrorism

We still lack a global definition of terrorism. ↗

— Gijs de Vries

#global #lack #still #terrorism

We're still stymied by the old stand-off between those who wish to fight terrorism and resistance fighters. ↗

— Gijs de Vries

#fight #fighters #old #resistance #still