#war

Doves oppose war on the grounds that the risks exceed the gains. War with Iraq could be very costly, possibly degenerating into urban warfare. ↗

— Charles Krauthammer

#could #doves #exceed #gains #grounds

In England we are sort of very awkward. ↗

— Tom Felton

#england #sort #very

Do not think too much of the dead husk of your friend, or mourn too much over it, but send your thoughts out towards the real soul or self which has escaped - to reach it. ↗

— Edward Carpenter

#escaped #friend #husk #mourn #much

My mother is looking forward to it even more than me! I'll be showing her the bright lights of New York. ↗

— Tom Felton

#bright lights #even #forward #her #i

The Cold War was over long before it was officially declared dead. ↗

— John le Carre

#cold #cold war #dead #declared #long

Even if you're doing the national insurance awards, there's still that excitement when you wonder who is going to win, er, best premiums. ↗

— Jimmy Carr

#best #doing #even #excitement #going

All wars are civil wars, because all men are brothers. ↗

— Francois Fenelon

#because #brothers #civil #civil wars #men

It's a poor sort of memory that only works backwards. ↗

— Lewis Carroll

#backwards #memory #only #poor #sort

There are philosophical issues involved in that about choosing the right discount rate, the value, the future, and things like that which drive it. But its start with the premise that global warming is real and if you're a denier of that fact, then you're not going to find climate change mitigation policies to have particular appeal. ↗

— Brad Carson

#appeal #change #choosing #climate #climate change

My mother learned that she was carrying me at about the same time the Second World War was declared; with the family talent for magic realism, she once told me she had been to the doctor's on the very day. ↗

— Angela Carter

#been #carrying #day #declared #doctor