#upheaval

My birth neither shook the German Empire nor caused much of an upheaval in the home. It pleased mother, caused father a certain amount of pride and my elder brother the usual fraternal jealousy of a hitherto only son. ↗

— Conrad Veidt

#birth #brother #caused #certain #elder

What has marked Chinese society is its level of cruelty, not just revolutions and wars. We ought to reject it totally, otherwise in another upheaval there will be further cruelty. ↗

— Jung Chang

#chinese #cruelty #further #just #level

Bahrain lies at the epicenter of Gulf security and any violent upheaval in Bahrain would have enormous geopolitical consequences. Global economic stability depends on the uninterrupted export of crude oil from the Gulf to markets around the world - a job that historically has been assigned to the U.S. Fifth Fleet. ↗

— Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa

#around #assigned #bahrain #been #consequences

Perhaps, when we examine the causes of many social changes and political upheavals, we will find the marks of its presence and its principal ideals. ↗

— Ali Hoseini-Khamenei

#changes #examine #find #ideals #many

As an Independent, she has no party backing... Her being the first Independent president trumps the fact that she's a woman. It causes even more upheaval in Washington than her being female. ↗

— Geena Davis

#being #causes #even #fact #female

But Susan's thoughts were far removed from the political implications of Digital Fortress. She was still struggling to comprehend its existence. She'd spent her life breaking codes, firmly denying the existence of the ultimate code. Every code is breakable - the Bergofsky Principle! She felt like an atheist coming face to face with God. ↗

— Dan Brown

#codes #science #upheaval #change

Great literature must spring from an upheaval in the author's soul. If that upheaval is not present then it must come from the works of any other author which happens to be handy and easily adapted. ↗

— Robert Benchley

#any #author #come #easily #great

The traces of upheavals become more impressive when one moves a little higher, when one gets even closer to the foot of the great mountain ranges. There are still plenty of shell layers. We notice them, even thicker and more solid ones. ↗

— Georges Cuvier

#closer #even #foot #gets #great

Anyone who knows anything of history knows that great social changes are impossible without feminine upheaval. Social progress can be measured exactly by the social position of the fair sex, the ugly ones included. ↗

— Karl Marx

#anything #changes #exactly #fair #feminine

It is development, not poverty, that causes upheaval and terrorism. ↗

— Robert D. Kaplan

#development #poverty #terrorism #upheaval