Henry Kissinger Realpolitik Quotes

#1. To sulk is to create a noise; to smile is to create a music.

Mehmet Murat Ildan

#2. Generally it must be stated that realpolitik has been better at dividing than at ruling. Take it as a whole since Kissinger called on the Shah in 1972, and see what the harvest has been.

Christopher Hitchens

#3. Don't worry, Even Jesus never saw his real father

J. Cole

#4. But things that are intrinsically good can also become idols-if we allow them to take over any of God's functions in our lives.

Nancy Pearcey

#5. Realpolitik for Bismarck depended on flexibility and on the ability to exploit every available option without the constraint of ideology.

Henry Kissinger

#6. A boy who won't stand up for himself becomes a man who can't stand up to anything.

Khaled Hosseini

#7. A motorcycle coming down from 30 feet at 70 mph gives you a terrible jolt.

Evel Knievel

#8. All couples get nostalgic about the start of their story.

David Levithan

#9. America has no permanent friends or enemies, only interests

Henry Kissinger

#10. In America, you don't even have proper holidays. It's really one of the most prosperous slave societies in history. People work their asses off all year long and get two weeks off! It's incredible.

Pankaj Mishra

#11. Love happens to some people, sometimes. Other times other stuff happens to other people. I'm a person like those people.

Jarod Kintz

#12. As signs of climate instability increase, radical and rapid action is becoming ever more urgent.

Helena Norberg-Hodge

#13. I knew I wanted to be a writer at 13. Before that, I told everyone I was going to be an artist.

Siri Hustvedt

#14. Where are you in your cycle? Oh, WHO CARES? Let's get you two BUMPING right away. We don't want another trimester to go by with a FLAT TUMMY. And not to put any pressure on you or anything, but it would be just BREEDY if you could deliver the goods by next March.

Megan McCafferty

#15. Science begins with counting. To understand a phenomenon, a scientist must first describe it; to describe it objectively, he must first measure it.

Siddhartha Mukherjee

#16. One must be aware that one is continually being tested in what one wishes most in order to make clear whether one's heart is on earth or in heaven.

Vilayat Inayat Khan