#wit

Nothing can ever happen twice. In consequence, the sorry fact is that we arrive here improvised and leave without the chance to practice. ↗

— Wislawa Szymborska

#chance #consequence #ever #fact #happen

Fifty years after half a million gypsies were exterminated in the Second World War - thousands of them in Auschwitz - we're again preparing the mass killing of this minority. ↗

— Antonio Tabucchi

#again #auschwitz #exterminated #fifty #gypsies

We all want to be someone else but without ceasing to be ourselves. I think it's very important to defend this idea in real life too. ↗

— Antonio Tabucchi

#defend #else #i #i think #idea

No, the only things which do not bother me are the elements. I can overcome them without a fight. All one has to do to get the best of the elements is to stand pat and one will win. ↗

— William Howard Taft

#bother #elements #fight #get #i

Substantial progress toward better things can rarely be taken without developing new evils requiring new remedies. ↗

— William Howard Taft

#better things #developing #evils #new #progress

A military coup needs a sacrifice and courage that you can't find in an army without morale. ↗

— Jalal Talabani

#coup #courage #find #military #morale

This will be Iraq for all without discrimination among Iraqi citizens, or ethnic or sectarian discrimination. ↗

— Jalal Talabani

#citizens #discrimination #ethnic #iraq #iraqi

I believe Twitter, right now, is just finishing the venture capital phase, getting into a maturity level. ↗

— Al-Waleed bin Talal

#capital #finishing #getting #i #i believe

In Riyadh, there's going to be a huge project that will house at least 12,000 units with inhabitants of approximately 150,000 people. It's like a city within a city. ↗

— Al-Waleed bin Talal

#city #going #house #huge #inhabitants

The potential for Twitter is spectacular and great. ↗

— Al-Waleed bin Talal

#potential #spectacular #twitter