Margaret Mead (1901–1978) American anthropologist
Culture and Commitment : A Study of the Generation Gap (1970), p. 72
1970s
2020, September 2020
Margaret Mead (1901–1978) American anthropologist
Culture and Commitment : A Study of the Generation Gap (1970), p. 72
1970s
“Nuclear power is a hell of a way to boil water.”
Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity
Commonly quoted on the internet, this quote is actually from Karl Grossman, via his 1980 book Cover Up: What You are Not Supposed to Know About Nuclear Power (p. 155; freely available online via its publisher http://www.thepermanentpress.com/p-354-cover-up.aspx; see PDF page 187). <br class="br">Misattributed
“If the President had his way, we’d have a nuclear war every week.”
Henry Kissinger (1923–2023) United States Secretary of State
Source: Henry Kissinger on Nixon, as quoted in Bass, G. J. (2014). The Blood telegram: Nixon, Kissinger, and a forgotten genocide. chapter 19
“We've only just begun to live,
White lace and promises
A kiss for luck and we're on our way.”
Paul Williams (songwriter) (1940) American composer, singer, songwriter and actor
"We've Only Just Begun" (1970; co-written with Roger Nichols) - Full lyrics at Songfacts.com http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=2410.
“There's a way outside. We're — we've got to find out what we are.”
Brian W. Aldiss book Outside
His voice rose to an hysterical pitch. He was shaking Calvin again. "We must find out what's wrong here. Either we are victims of some ghastly experiment — or we're all monsters!"
Outside (1955)
“We've proven that we can't win on the road or in front of our home crowd.”
John McKay (1923–2001) American football player and coach
Ali Khamenei (1939) Iranian Shiite faqih, Marja' and official independent islamic leader
Iran leader: Won't beg for nuke power http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8PI34T00.htm June 2007. <br class="br">2007
Linus Pauling (1901–1994) American scientist
Debating Edward Teller, in The Nuclear Bomb Tests...Is Fallout Overrated? : Fallout and Disarmament KQED-TV, San Francisco http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/specialcollections/coll/pauling/peace/papers/1958p2.1.html (20 February 1958). <br class="br">1940s-1960s <br class="br">Context: We must not have a Nuclear war. We must begin to solve international disputes by the application of man's power of reason in a way that is worthy of the dignity of man. We must solve them by arbitration, negotiation, and the development of international law, the making of international agreements that will do justice to all nations and to all peoples and will benefit all nations and to all people. Now is the time to start.
Reza Pahlavi (1960) Last crown prince of the former Imperial State of Iran
As quoted by Luc de Barochez, Reza Pahlavi : «Lançons une campagne de désobéissance civile» http://www.lefigaro.fr/international/20060608.FIG000000177_reza_pahlavi_lancons_une_campagne_de_desobeissance_civile.html, June 8, 2006. <br class="br">Interviews, 2006