Bertha von Suttner Quotes

The instinct of self-preservation in human society, acting almost subconsciously, as do all drives in the human mind, is rebelling against the constantly refined methods of annihilation and against the destruction of humanity.

Bertha von Suttner

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: austrian
  • Birth: June 9, 1843 - June 21, 1914

Topics

MindSocietyHumanityActingHuman

The problems of the world are not going to be engaged with and solved in Faversham, they're going to be sorted out in cities like Birmingham.

Jim Crace

WorldProblemsOutGoingLike

Sometimes I think I take on a lot of work but that's me.

Jenifer Lewis

WorkMeThinkSometimesTakeLot

Celebrating Christmas without subscribing to Christianity is like watching the Super Bowl without watching a regular season game. Some people watch the Super Bowl for the commercials; others watch it for the halftime show.

Andrew Shaffer

PeopleGameSuper BowlChristmas

In 1962, Popjak and I left the service of the Medical Research Council and became co-directors of the Milstead Laboratory of Chemical Enzymology set up by Shell Research Ltd.

John Cornforth

ServiceMedicalResearchUpLeft

I love hoovering. People go to therapists; I've got a Hoover.

Maxine Peake

LovePeopleGoGotI LoveHoover

The more you create, the more ambitious you become with your projects. Short films were a direct result of over 200 web series sketches and vlogs. After you create enough 2-minute videos, you start to wonder what else there is. Deadlines and discipline and quantity with a focus on quality have always been what keeps me going.

Anna Akana

DisciplineFocusQualityMeStart

I've been on so many primetime shows that were cancelled - after one episode, after 10 episodes, after just one season. I got used to that. But I found myself choking up a bit at 'OLTL.' It was really hard to say goodbye to those people. It was not the way we wanted to go out.

Michael Easton

MyselfPeopleGoodbyeGoSayWay

I've experienced as much fame as I ever want to.

Trevor Dunn

FameWantMuchEverExperienced

It is a hopeless endeavor to make the form and content of earlier architectural epochs usable for our time; in this, even the strongest artistic talent must fail. We see repeatedly how the outstanding builders fail to achieve an effect because their work does not serve the will of the age.

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

WorkAgeTimeTalentAchieveWill

I think Americans are really patriotic people, so patriotism is something they can understand. I'm very patriotic about Brazil, my country, and that includes my language.

Jose Aldo

PatriotismPeopleThinkLanguage

I've saved every dime I've made in my life.

Chely Wright

LifeMy LifeDimeMadeSavedEvery

Africans don't just need more jobs: they need better jobs.

Arancha Gonzalez

BetterMoreNeedJustJobs

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