David Smith (1906–1965) American visual artist (1906-1965)
quote, early 1950's
Source: 1950s, from 'Abstract Expressionism' (1990), p. 40
President Trump on Syria's chemical weapons attack, "President Trump blasts Syria for 'cruelly murdering' its own people as U.S. fires at least 50 missiles at airfield" http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/trump-blasts-syria-murdering-civilians-u-s-strike-article-1.3027449, 6 April 2017. <br class="br">2010s, 2017, April
David Smith (1906–1965) American visual artist (1906-1965)
quote, early 1950's
Source: 1950s, from 'Abstract Expressionism' (1990), p. 40
Sugar Ray Robinson (1921–1989) American boxer
Ralph Wiley http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xtgUSEbT2I
About Sugar Ray sourced
Julius Streicher (1885–1946) German politician
To Leon Goldensohn, June 15, 1946, from "The Nuremberg Interviews" by Leon Goldensohn, Robert Gellately - History - 2004
Halldór Laxness (1902–1998) Icelandic author
Heimsljós (World Light) (1940), Book Four: The Beauty of the Heavens
Charles Foster Johnson (1953) American musician
April 9, 2008 http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=29562_Another_Palestinian_Mass_Murder_Attack&only
“Life is so beautiful that even the idea of death must be born before it can be realized.”
Machado de Assis book Dom Casmurro
A vida é tão bela que a mesma idéia da morte precisa de vir primeiro a ela, antes de se ver cumprida.
Source: Dom Casmurro (1899), Ch. 133, p. 255
Winston S. Churchill book A History of the English-Speaking Peoples
On a Viking Raid in 794 A.D.; Vol I; The Birth of Britain.
A History of the English-Speaking Peoples (1956–58)
“Men, whose span is cruelly short, rush nonetheless to death in their youth as to a maiden’s arms.”
Poul Anderson book The Broken Sword
Source: The Broken Sword (1954), Chapter 10 (p. 55)
Daniel Abraham (1969) speculative fiction writer from the United States
Source: Abaddon's Gate (2013), Chapter 14 (p. 148)