Great saying by great authors Quote by Thomas Mann

There was something alike terrifying and piteous in the spectacle of these frail old morsels of humanity consecrating their last flickering energies to the…

— Anonymous

They were too God-intoxicated to be "astronomically intimidated." They brought an end to such ancient evils as infanticide and gladiatorial contest.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

In a typical desperation for quick answers, easily understood, people had turned to primitive worship as the solution. With less than success. Not only…

— Richard Matheson

All that was required of them (i.e. the brain-washed masses) was a primitive patriotism which could be appealed to whenever it was necessary to…

— George Orwell

They suffered from the terrible delusion that something could be done. They seemed prepared to make the world the way they wanted it or…

— Terry Pratchett

Those who plot the destruction of others often perish in the attempt.

— Anonymous

Now they stumbled in the shackles of humanity, lived in a fear that never died, fretted by a law they could not understand; their…

— H. G. Wells

“To augment their misery, a contagious disorder of a dangerous nature spread through the land; and, rendered more virulent by the uncleanness, the indifferent…

— Walter Scott

“Why such a massacre had occurred, the Omegans could only speculate. Some thought it may have been to stop a large-scale emigration out of…

— James Morcan

They seemed to have taken all of their smoothly cultivated ignorance, their exquisitely learned self-hatred, their elaborately designed hopelessness and sucked it all up…

— Toni Morrison

The few took advantage of the ignorant many. They pretended to have received messages from the Unknown. They stood between the helpless multitude and…

— Robert Green Ingersoll

They dared not peer down into their own natures, down into the feverish confusion that filled their minds with a kind of dense, acrid…

— Emile Zola