#event

I worked night and day for twelve years to prevent the war, but I could not. The North was mad and blind, would not let us govern ourselves, and so the war came. ↗

— Jefferson Davis

#came #could #day #govern #i

A statesman... must wait until he hears the steps of God sounding through events, then leap up and grasp the hem of His garment. ↗

— Otto von Bismarck

#garment #god #grasp #hears #hem

Paramount among the responsibilities of a free press is the duty to prevent any part of the government from deceiving the people and sending them off to distant lands to die of foreign fevers and foreign shot and shell. ↗

— Hugo Black

#any #deceiving #die #distant #duty

In teaching, I wanted to offer a general pharmacology course based on chemical principles, biochemical classification and mathematical modelling. In the event I achieved neither of my ambitions. ↗

— James W. Black

#based #biochemical #chemical #classification #course

I saw a photograph of a wedding conducted by Reverend Moon of the Unification Church. I wanted to understand this event, and the only way to understand it was to write about it. ↗

— Don DeLillo

#church #conducted #event #i #moon

I must have something to engross my thoughts, some object in life which will fill this vacuum, and prevent this sad wearing away of the heart. ↗

— Elizabeth Blackwell

#fill #heart #i #life #must

For 18 years I have resisted talking about current events. I am not going to start now. ↗

— George H. W. Bush

#am #current #current events #events #going

When I was young, I just sat down and started playing Chopsticks at the piano. I got so far and then lost interest. Eventually, I regained it and started writing songs. ↗

— Otis Blackwell

#down #eventually #far #got #i

The problem with a purely collective system is not only that it requires economic growth, and the right sort of demographic trends, but that it prevents people thinking about their futures in a responsible way. ↗

— Jacques Delors

#collective #demographic #economic #economic growth #futures

Simply that we are mirroring the trends in society, at any given time smuggling was an issue in the seventies, corruption is an issue today, and we faithfully reflect those issues. ↗

— Ajay Devgan

#corruption #faithfully #given #issue #issues