Quincy Wright Quotes

#1. War, to be abolished, must be understood. To be understood, it must be studied." Karl Deutsch - preface of A Study of War by Quincy Wright. Added corollary by KMV: To abolish what is not understood is both arrogant and ignorant.

Karl Deutsch

#2. Her eyes
lined with black makeup
stared blankly at the ceiling; and her tan was obviously sprayed on since her skin had a healthy apricot glow even though the top of her head was missing.

Donna Tartt

#3. What I've noticed is that people who love what they do, regardless of what that might be, tend to live longer.

Philip Glass

#4. I try to think about positive things - how great my form is, how my arms are swinging, my breathing, how loud people are cheering. My sports psychologist taught me there are a million things telling you you can't keep going, but if you find the things that say you can, you're golden.

Kara Goucher

#5. Perfect heroines, like perfect heroes, aren't relatable, and if you can't put yourself in the protagonist's shoes, not only will they not inspire you, but the book will be pretty boring.

Cassandra Clare

#6. We are the thoughts we choose to keep.

A.D. Posey

#7. Whenever I have to do an emotional scene, I just take my contacts out and it means I can't see anything.

Laurie Holden

#8. The guy I'd felt such an immediate and deep connection to I'd thought that just maybe there really were such things as soul mates, and had considered, at least for a few brief moments, that he might be mine.

P.C. Cast

#9. Cancer touches every family in one way or another. As other diseases are brought under control, cancer is set to become the number one killer, and is already in epidemic proportions worldwide.

Paul Davies

#10. I'm not here to argue for the world. That's not in my job description. I'm just trying to save it.

Karen Marie Moning

#11. There is no great writing, only great rewriting.

Louis D. Brandeis