The greatest obstacle to international understanding is the barrier of language.
the one thing we owe absolutely to God is never to be afraid of anything.
Once again the mastermind was Lionel Curtis, and the earlier Round Table Groups and Institutes of International Affairs were used as nuclei for the new network.
I am, as they say, the classic starving artist.
You've earned the right to grow. You're going to have to carry the water yourself.
There is nothing in machinery, there is nothing in embankments and railways and iron bridges and engineering devices to oblige them to be ugly. Ugliness is the measure of imperfection.
Some people bear three kinds of trouble - the ones they've had, the ones they have, and the ones they expect to have.
It was clear that the special interest groups in California really wanted the Chinese to be shut out of the country, because that was where the racial tension was the greatest.
It's more important to try to do something for the crores of poor people of my country.
To hold a people in oppression you have to convince them first that they are supposed to be oppressed.
I have walked majestically with kings and queens and presidents and other heads of states.
If you haven't met Kenny (Young) you have not seen how the spirit of Boston can be embodied by one single man.
The study of history is an antidote to the hubris of the present – the idea that everything we have, everything we do and everything we think is the ultimate, the best.
In 1972 I married again, to Elisabeth Case; she continues to be wife, companion, critic and editor: a partner in the projects and programs that we undertake.
Liberals believe that they can't get a fair shake from the media anymore.
Theatre is about people, not buildings. Incalculable damage has been done to the expert talent a company needs - from wardrobe to lighting technicians.
We pay a price when special interests win out over the collective national interest.
I saw a boy of the crew purchasing javelins of them with bits of platters and broken glass.
Never had there been such an attempt to make conquest the servant of civilization. About keeping India there is no question. England has a real duty there.
Decision making, like coffee, needs a cooling process.
As the winter set in with its customary Canadian severity the real trouble of the French began. They did not suffer from the cold, but they were dying of scurvy.
