Form Quote by Corra May Harris Download Open image “war is a ferocious form of insanity. Nothing can justify it.” — Corra May Harris ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.2 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Form Insanity Justify War
The essence of war is insanity. Destruction, death, women widowed, children orphaned, lands plundered, property destroyed, lives decimated - it's all bad. — Gary Paulsen Copy Share Image
To say that war is madness is like saying that sex is madness: true enough, from the standpoint of a stateless eunuch, but merely… — John Updike Copy Share Image
“War is nothing more than organized insanity. That's why crazy and unexpected tactics work most of the time. When they don't, we won't live… — R.G. Risch Copy Share Image
War is an irrational, counter-productive way to handle conflicts. — Lawrence S. Wittner Copy Share Image
War is always the same. It is young men dying in the fullness of their promise. It is trying to kill a man that… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
Ironically enough, the only people who can hold up indefinitely under the stress of modern war are psychotics. Individual insanity is immune to the… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
You could argue that war is always an irrational act, and yet many states enter into military conflict out of rational calculation or national… — William Kirby Copy Share Image
War is a foolish, childish, animalistic, unthinking, unintelligent way of trying to accomplish a purpose. — Jayne Mansfield Copy Share Image
Anyone contemplating world war is certifiably insane, no matter how calm they seem. — Vanna Bonta Copy Share Image
If we justify war, it is because all peoples always justify the traits of which they find themselves possessed, not because war will bear… — Ruth Benedict Copy Share Image
Once you grow accustomed to being famous, you do not realize it, but you are never quite your humble, honest self. No matter how… — Corra May Harris Copy Share Image
Maybe I shall never achieve happiness, but one thing I have had - the terrible wisdom of love. — Corra May Harris Copy Share Image
As I have grown older I am more and more convinced that I have not grown up, that my powers have not come to… — Corra May Harris Copy Share Image
There is something in the quality of the French mind to which I have always felt a reluctant kinship. They are the only people… — Corra May Harris Copy Share Image
If you wish to collect complimentary material for a record of yourself, never appeal to your relations. They may be proud of you as… — Corra May Harris Copy Share Image
Not everything you hear about yourself can be considered good publicity. And if you have delicate sensibilities, the currycomb of public imagination frequently rubs… — Corra May Harris Copy Share Image
The deadly monotony of Christian country life where there are no beggars to feed, no drunkards to credit, which are among the moral duties… — Corra May Harris Copy Share Image
Invitations to speak upon public occasions are among my most grievous embarrassments. Why is it inferred that one is or can be a public… — Corra May Harris Copy Share Image
Mere words will not do. They must convey the color, charm, and pulse of life. They must have a private twinkle of wit in… — Corra May Harris Copy Share Image
No one has yet had the courage to memorialize his wealth on his tombstone. A dollar mark would not look well there. — Corra May Harris Copy Share Image
I remember being very smart, which is a form of stupidity. I try not to remember it, but it occurs to me that I… — Corra May Harris Copy Share Image
The Copa del Rey is a different competition. It is football in its purest form and is different from the continuity of the league. — Michael Laudrup Copy Share Image
We could form a government of national unity fighting corruption. The ordinary Afghan is sick and tired of it, because it's she or he… — Ashraf Ghani Copy Share Image
A lot of indigenous cultures are deeply involved in working with ancestor spirits, elemental spirits, and demons. Many of these cultures feel that, if… — Daniel Pinchbeck Copy Share Image
Nothing old is ever reborn but neither does it totally disappear. And that which has once been born, will always reappear in a new… — Alvar Aalto Copy Share Image
The purpose of this book is to supply, in the form suitable for laymen, guidance in the adoption and execution of an investment policy. — Benjamin Graham Copy Share Image
Clear moments are so short. There is much more darkness. More ocean than terra firma. More shadow than form. — Adam Zagajewski Copy Share Image
Broken by hardships, disappointments and tragedy, people can become discouraged and cynical. But lives can also be mended. Put back together well, they won't… — Steve Goodier Copy Share Image
The U.S.-Mexican border es un herida abierta where the Third World grates against the first and bleeds. And before a scab forms it hemorrhages… — Gloria E. Anzaldúa Copy Share Image
He caught her, she fell, he caught her in his arms, he held her tightly unconscious of what he was doing. He held her… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
Why is wisdom so fair? Why is beauty so wise? Because all else is temporary, while beauty and wisdom are the only real and… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image
A dialogue is very important. It is a form of communication in which question and answer continue till a question is left without an… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
I think it's useful to experience other types of dance and other cultures, and the life of a classical dancer these days is certainly… — Deborah Bull Copy Share Image
