Underperformed Colloquially Crossword Quotes

#1. A nuclear war does not defend a country and it does not defend a system. I've put it the same way many times; not even the most accomplished ideologue will be able to tell the difference between the ashes of capitalism and the ashes of communism.

John Kenneth Galbraith

#2. Merrett suddenly didn't look at ease anymore. "Lydia . . . what did you write on the name tag?" She tilted her head at him as she answered. "I wrote Watkins' name on it.

Ian Mitchell Gill

#3. Thomas Jefferson said, The tree of liberty must be fertilized from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. Yeah and I heard that and thought, I'm out!

Christopher Titus

#4. She had a slow, deliberate way of walking
as if she had once been startled into precipitate action and had regretted it."
"A Place in the Country

Shirley Hazzard

#5. It is of no use to possess a lively wit if it is not of the right proportion: the perfection of a clock is not to go fast, but to be accurate.

Luc De Clapiers

#6. Death is a mighty mediator. There all the flames of rage are extinguished, hatred is appeased, and angelic pity, like a weeping sister, bends with gentle and close embrace over the funeral urn.

Friedrich Schiller