#pta

The American temptation is to believe that foreign policy is a subdivision of psychiatry. ↗

— Henry A. Kissinger

#believe #foreign #foreign policy #policy #psychiatry

If they had Mozart today, they couldn't work with him, although he was a very adaptable man. ↗

— Alexander Kluge

#adaptable #although #had #him #man

If priests were allowed to marry, if this would be an optional thing, and if he could have wife and children, he would certainly have less temptation to satisfy certain sexual impulses with minors. ↗

— Hans Kung

#certain #certainly #children #could #impulses

I don't think of myself as unbreakable. Perhaps I'm just rather flexible and adaptable. ↗

— Aung San Suu Kyi

#flexible #i #just #myself #perhaps

The acceptance that all that is solid has melted into the air, that reality and morality are not givens but imperfect human constructs, is the point from which fiction begins. ↗

— Salman Rushdie

#air #begins #constructs #fiction #givens

Keeping small nations enslaved because of the deals between the great nations or because of any pragmatic considerations that might have been there are totally unacceptable. ↗

— Mikhail Saakashvili

#any #because #been #between #considerations

You need a lot of leaders, but a hockey team needs a voice, not only in the community, but more importantly between the coaching staff and the players. There are always ups and downs in a season; the captain is the guy players look to in those situations. ↗

— Joe Sakic

#between #captain #coaching #coaching staff #community

For gold is tried in the fire and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity. ↗

— George Santayana

#adversity #fire #furnace #gold #men

This sordid affair has become an unacceptable distraction for Representative Weiner, his family, his constituents and the House - and for the good of all, he should step aside and address those things that should be most important - his and his family's well-being. ↗

— Debbie Wasserman Schultz

#affair #aside #become #constituents #distraction

Last year, customs officials screened only five percent of the 11 million cargo containers entering the United States. That rate is both unacceptable and dangerous to our national and economic interests. ↗

— Allyson Schwartz

#cargo #containers #customs #dangerous #economic