I give the fight up: let there be an end, a privacy, an obscure nook for me. I want to be forgotten even by God. – Robert Browning Category: Defeat
It is defeat that turns bone to flint; it is defeat that turns gristle to muscle; it is defeat that makes men invincible. – Henry Ward Beecher Category: Defeat
We are not retreating – we are advancing in another direction. – General Douglas MacArthur Category: Defeat
An impossibility does not disturb us until its accomplishment shows what fools we were. – Henry S. Haskins Category: Miscellaneous
Satire is tragedy plus time. You give it enough time, the public, the reviewers will allow you to satirize it. Which is rather ridiculous, when you think about it. – Lenny Bruce Category: Satire
A society that gets rid of all its troublemakers goes downhill. – Robert A. Heinlein Category: Society
