“India is a geographical term. It is no more a united nation than the Equator.”
Winston Churchill
“Basically, the United Nations stands for the status quo in international affairs, unless of course the change is in favor of the Big Powers.”
Muhammed Haider
“Mr Michener, as timeless as a stack of National Geographics, is the ultimate Summer Writer. Just as one goes back to the cottage in Maine, so one goes back to one's Michener.”
Wilfrid Sheed
“Why should Ireland be treated as a geographical fragment of England - Ireland is not a geographical fragment, but a nation.”
Charles Stewart Parnell
“In terms of competitive advantage, I don't believe the curvature of the stick can be equated to a corking of a baseball bat. If you watch (players) and see them preparing to get ready for any game, they know what the rule is and you see them with the saws and files, trying to make their sticks perfect or as close as they can. The good players are right on the edge of every rule and stick measurement is no different.”
Stephen Walkom
“Each group has what amounts to its own geographically concentrated militia ... Is it then possible to speak of a national army at all?”
Henry Kissinger
“Yes, we have to divide up our time like that, between our politics and our equations. But to me our equations are far more important, for politics are only a matter of present concern. A mathematical equation stands forever.”
Albert Einstein