Quote by Andrew Greeley
Would it not be much better to have a president who deliberately l

Would it not be much better to have a president who deliberately lied to the people because he thought a war was essential than to have one who was so dumb as to be taken in by intelligence agencies, especially those who told him what he wanted to hear? – Andrew Greeley

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I think that the core doctrines of Christianity – the incarnation, the resurrection, life after death-these are as strong as ever. In fact, the belief in life after death has increased in this century. – Andrew Greeley

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An adolescent is somebody who is in between things. A teenager is somebody whos kind of permanently there. And so living with them through the various teenage hopes and sorrows and joys was curiously enough a maturing experience for me. – Andrew Greeley

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It was generally believed that Catholics were not interested in arts and science graduate schools. They werent going to be intellectuals. And so I put the theses to the test. And they all collapsed. – Andrew Greeley

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Curiosity is free-wheeling intelligence. – Alistair Cooke

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The Secret Intelligence Service I knew occupied dusky suites of little rooms opposite St Jamess Park Tube station in London. – John le Carre

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It becomes a giants task to compute the result when the effect of cross seas, wind at all angles and ever varying force, arched surfaces, head resistance, ratio of weight to area, and the intelligence of the guiding power crop up. – Lawrence Hargrave

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Many difficulties which nature throws in our way, may be smoothed away by the exercise of intelligence. – Titus Livius

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