Logo
Quote by Graham Greene
Against the beautiful and the clever and the successful, one can w

Against the beautiful and the clever and the successful, one can wage a pitiless war, but not against the unattractive: then the millstone weighs on the breast. – Graham Greene

Other quotes by Graham Greene

God created a number of possibilities in case some of his prototypes failed — that is the meaning of evolution. – Graham Greene

Category:
Evolution
Author
Graham Greene
Read Quote

Writing is a form of therapy sometimes I wonder how all those who do not write, compose or paint can manage to escape the madness, melancholia, the panic and fear which is inherent in a human situation. – Graham Greene

Category:
Fear
Author
Graham Greene
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
War
category

Killing is the payoff of war. – Morley Safer

Category:
War

A state of war is not a blank check… when it comes to the rights of the Nations citizens. – Sandra Day OConnor

Category:
War

I consider Bushs decision to call for a war against terrorism a serious mistake. He is elevating these criminals to the status of war enemies, and one cannot lead a war against a network if the term war is to retain any definite meaning. – Jurgen Habermas

Category:
War

What a country calls its vital… interests are not things that help its people live, but things that help it make war. Petroleum is a more likely cause of international conflict than wheat. – Simone Weil, Ecrits historiques et politiques, 1960

Category:
War

Random Quotes

I used to do this as a kid. And now theyre paying me for it, which is cool. – William Kempe

Category:
cool

I must be careful not to get trapped in the past. Thats why I tend to forget my songs. – Mick Jagger

Category:
movingon

Heroism is the divine relation which, in all times, unites a great man to other men. – Thomas Carlyle

Category:
Heroes/Heroism

He who would be a man must therefore be a non-conformist. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Category:
Tradition