#sep

You think that a wall as solid as the earth separates civilization from barbarism. I tell you the division is a thread, a sheet of glass. A touch here, a push there, and you bring back the reign of Saturn. ↗

— John Buchan

#barbarism #bring #civilization #division #earth

There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people. It is a poison that disintegrates friendships and breaks up pleasant relations. It is a thorn that irritates and hurts; it is a sword that kills. ↗

— Buddha

#doubt #dreadful #friendships #habit #hurts

You know, people talk about this being an uncertain time. You know, all time is uncertain. I mean, it was uncertain back in - in 2007, we just didn't know it was uncertain. It was - uncertain on September 10th, 2001. It was uncertain on October 18th, 1987, you just didn't know it. ↗

— Warren Buffett

#back #being #certain time #i #just

They don't know how the world is shaped. And so they give it a shape, and try to make everything fit it. They separate the right from the left, the man from the woman, the plant from the animal, the sun from the moon. They only want to count to two. ↗

— Emma Bull

#count #everything #fit #give #how

Anything that's different from your own realm of experience as a human being, whether it's driving a car or a boat, or using guns, anything that separates you from yourself and leads you more towards this character's existence is a big help. ↗

— Colin Farrell

#being #big #boat #car #character

I mean, we are tribal by nature, and sometimes success and material wealth can divide and separate - it's not a new philosophy I'm sharing - more than hardship, hardship tends to unify. ↗

— Colin Farrell

#hardship #i #material #material wealth #mean

On September 11 2001, America felt its vulnerability even to threats that gather on the other side of the Earth. We resolved then, and we are resolved today, to confront every threat from any source that could bring sudden terror and suffering to America. ↗

— George W. Bush

#any #bring #confront #could #earth

The behaviour of President Bush on 11 September certainly gives rise to not unnatural suspicions. ↗

— Gore Vidal

#bush #certainly #gives #president #president bush

This president has been reluctant to hold anybody accountable. No one was held accountable after September the 11th. Nobody's been held accountable after the clear flaws in intelligence leading up to the war in Iraq. ↗

— Bob Graham

#after #anybody #been #clear #flaws

When we separate music from life we get art. ↗

— John Cage

#get #life #music #separate