Jared Diamond Quotes

We study the injustices of history for the same reason that we study genocide, and for the same reason that psychologists study the minds of murderers and rapists... to understand how those evil things came about.

Jared Diamond

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 10, 1937

Topics

HistoryEvilUnderstandMindsStudy

In any country, governance issues are there. Challenges are there, pressures are there. When multi-party coalitions take decisions, sometimes delays will be there. But that is what democracy is: it is beauty or it's challenge.

Anand Sharma

BeautyChallengeChallengesDemocracy

The Russians imitate French ways, but always at a distance of fifty years.

Stendhal

DistanceAlwaysYearsFiftyImitate

I always had a real love of children's presenting, and I was lucky enough to do that and have an acting career alongside it.

Sophie Aldred

LoveChildrenEnoughCareerActing

Words, yes, formulating things, creating something from your heart, it is something very necessary, yes.

Sophie Marceau

HeartWordsCreatingYesSomething

In the military, they give medals for people who are willing to sacrifice themselves so that others may survive. In business, we give bonuses to people who sacrifice others.

Simon Sinek

BusinessSacrificePeopleSurvive

Halloween starts earlier and earlier, just like Christmas.

Robert Englund

ChristmasJustLikeStartsHalloween

The parents say, 'Can you talk to my daughter and say that it's OK? That she can have muscles?' They'll say, 'I show her pictures of you so they can know she's good at what she does but still looks like a girl. She wears dresses.' It releases people to be whoever they want to be in the sport.

Michelle Carter

GoodGirlDaughterParentsPeople

The more we captured, the more we learned and eventually it destroyed the organization that attacked us on 9/11 and allowed us to get bin Laden.

Jose Rodriguez

OrganizationMoreUsDestroyedGet

I give so much of myself to my work; I want to be with people who are going to be there with me.

Diane Paulus

WorkMyselfPeopleMeWantGoing

I enjoy working. And, I really enjoy the fact that I get to do what I love and call it work.

Deborah Joy Winans

WorkLoveEnjoyCallWorkingGet

I do well with peoples' parents, but I've certainly had friends who were not. One of my best friends is pretty consistently reviled by his girlfriends' parents!

Connor Paolo

BestParentsFriendsPrettyWell

Most novels, I find, are three times longer than they need to be. Very little happens, and I don't want to waste my time with them.

Chuck Palahniuk

TimeFindThreeWantNeedLittle

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Jared Diamond