Quotes by Polish authors

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Small: Man is a messenger who forgot the message
Abraham Joshua Heschel
"Man is a messenger who forgot the message"
Abraham Joshua Heschel, Educator
Small: Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we m
Marie Curie
"Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less"
Marie Curie, Scientist
Small: The foreign press seems obsessed with the Freedom Tower, as if it was the only thing going on here. In fact, w
Daniel Libeskind
"The foreign press seems obsessed with the Freedom Tower, as if it was the only thing going on here. In fact, we're trying to keep a huge juggling act in balance, with the tower as just one of the many balls in play"
Daniel Libeskind, Architect
Small: Stupidity is also a gift of God, but one mustnt misuse it
Pope John Paul II
"Stupidity is also a gift of God, but one mustn't misuse it"
Pope John Paul II, Clergyman
Small: They talk of a man betraying his country, his friends, his sweetheart. There must be a moral bond first. All a
"They talk of a man betraying his country, his friends, his sweetheart. There must be a moral bond first. All a man can betray is his conscience"
Joseph Conrad, Novelist
Small: He who wants to persuade should put his trust not in the right argument, but in the right word. The power of s
"He who wants to persuade should put his trust not in the right argument, but in the right word. The power of sound has always been greater than the power of sense"
Joseph Conrad, Novelist
Small: I take it that what all men are really after is some form or perhaps only some formula of peace
"I take it that what all men are really after is some form or perhaps only some formula of peace"
Joseph Conrad, Novelist
Small: Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men
"Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men"
Joseph Conrad, Novelist
Small: Gossip is what no one claims to like, but everybody enjoys
"Gossip is what no one claims to like, but everybody enjoys"
Joseph Conrad, Novelist
Small: Action is consolatory. It is the enemy of thought and the friend of flattering illusions
"Action is consolatory. It is the enemy of thought and the friend of flattering illusions"
Joseph Conrad, Novelist
Small: Going home must be like going to render an account
"Going home must be like going to render an account"
Joseph Conrad, Novelist
Small: A test of a people is how it behaves toward the old. It is easy to love children. Even tyrants and dictators m
Abraham Joshua Heschel
"A test of a people is how it behaves toward the old. It is easy to love children. Even tyrants and dictators make a point of being fond of children. But the affection and care for the old, the incurable, the helpless are the true gold mines of a culture"
Abraham Joshua Heschel, Educator
Small: Just to be is a blessing. Just to live is holy
Abraham Joshua Heschel
"Just to be is a blessing. Just to live is holy"
Abraham Joshua Heschel, Educator
Small: Self-respect is the fruit of discipline the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself
Abraham Joshua Heschel
"Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself"
Abraham Joshua Heschel, Educator
Small: I learned the business in about two months, and then made as much as the others, and was consequently doing qu
"I learned the business in about two months, and then made as much as the others, and was consequently doing quite well when the factory burned down, destroying all our machines - 150 of them. This was very hard on the girls who had paid for their machines"
Rose Schneiderman, Activist
Small: I cant talk fellowship to you who are gathered here. Too much blood has been spilled. I know from my experienc
"I can't talk fellowship to you who are gathered here. Too much blood has been spilled. I know from my experience it is up to the working people to save themselves. The only way they can save themselves is by a strong working-class movement"
Rose Schneiderman, Activist
Small: The old Inquisition had its rack and its thumbscrews and its instruments of torture with iron teeth
"The old Inquisition had its rack and its thumbscrews and its instruments of torture with iron teeth"
Rose Schneiderman, Activist
Small: Surely these women wont lose any more of their beauty and charm by putting a ballot in a ballot box once a yea
"Surely these women won't lose any more of their beauty and charm by putting a ballot in a ballot box once a year than they are likely to lose standing in foundries or laundries all year round. There is no harder contest than the contest for bread, let me tell you that"
Rose Schneiderman, Activist
Small: By working hard we could make an average of about 5 a week. We would have made more but had to provide our own
"By working hard we could make an average of about $5 a week. We would have made more but had to provide our own machines, which cost us $45, we paying for them on the installment plan. We paid $5 down and $1 a month after that"
Rose Schneiderman, Activist
Small: We will work with everybody for the good of New York
Daniel Libeskind
"We will work with everybody for the good of New York"
Daniel Libeskind, Architect
Small: Life it is not just a series of calculations and a sum total of statistics, its about experience, its about pa
Daniel Libeskind
"Life it is not just a series of calculations and a sum total of statistics, it's about experience, it's about participation, it is something more complex and more interesting than what is obvious"
Daniel Libeskind, Architect
Small: Is it progress if a cannibal uses a fork?
"Is it progress if a cannibal uses a fork?"
Stanislaw Lec, Poet
Small: In a war of ideas it is people who get killed
"In a war of ideas it is people who get killed"
Stanislaw Lec, Poet
Small: Telling lies does not work in advertising
"Telling lies does not work in advertising"
Stanislaw Lec, Poet
Small: So I ask the nuclear powers to abandon the out-of-date thinking of the Cold War period and take a fresh look.
"So I ask the nuclear powers to abandon the out-of-date thinking of the Cold War period and take a fresh look. Above all, I appeal to them to bear in mind the long-term threat that nuclear weapons pose to humankind and to begin action towards their elimination"
Joseph Rotblat, Physicist
Small: At a time when science plays such a powerful role in the life of society, when the destiny of the whole of man
"At a time when science plays such a powerful role in the life of society, when the destiny of the whole of mankind may hinge on the results of scientific research, it is incumbent on all scientists to be fully conscious of that role, and conduct themselves accordingly"
Joseph Rotblat, Physicist
Small: Let me remind you that nuclear disarmament is not just an ardent desire of the people, as expressed in many re
"Let me remind you that nuclear disarmament is not just an ardent desire of the people, as expressed in many resolutions of the United Nations. It is a legal commitment by the five official nuclear states, entered into when they signed the Non-Proliferation Treaty"
Joseph Rotblat, Physicist
Small: We expected that people were just waiting for the collapse of the Soviet Union, or at least for its retreat, a
"We expected that people were just waiting for the collapse of the Soviet Union, or at least for its retreat, and they were going to be full of initiative in all areas of life - in culture, in economy and in politics"
Andrzej Wajda, Director
Small: On the one hand, we had great filmic spectacles that brought in big audiences, adults as well as primary and s
"On the one hand, we had great filmic spectacles that brought in big audiences, adults as well as primary and secondary school students. On the other hand, there were attempts to create contemporary Polish film"
Andrzej Wajda, Director
Small: Also a great part of Polish industry proved to have existed only to support the Soviet military industry, and
"Also a great part of Polish industry proved to have existed only to support the Soviet military industry, and it became superfluous and incapable of being transformed into anything else. We did not foresee that or the magnitude of these phenomena"
Andrzej Wajda, Director
Small: Social justice cannot be attained by violence. Violence kills what it intends to create
Pope John Paul II
"Social justice cannot be attained by violence. Violence kills what it intends to create"
Pope John Paul II, Clergyman
Small: The official independence celebration was going to be held over four or five days, and a group of journalists
"The official independence celebration was going to be held over four or five days, and a group of journalists from all over the world was allowed to fly in, because Angola was closed otherwise"
Ryszard Kapuscinski, Journalist
Small: Im disappointed. I dont care about Will Smith, I dont want to
"I'm disappointed. I don't care about Will Smith, I don't want to"
Robert Conrad, Director
Small: But I think Barry Sonnenfeld let his ego go out of control. He told me in a meeting that he had to do somethin
"But I think Barry Sonnenfeld let his ego go out of control. He told me in a meeting that he had to do something to make it his film"
Robert Conrad, Director
Small: I remember in 1978 meeting two Ugandan captains in the hotel talking Russian. They had been educated in Moscow
"I remember in 1978 meeting two Ugandan captains in the hotel talking Russian. They had been educated in Moscow and since they came from different Ugandan peoples, it was the only way they could understand one another"
Ryszard Kapuscinski, Journalist
Small: Ive never actually seen a Star Trek, but I have seen an Alien movie
Izabella Scorupco
"I've never actually seen a Star Trek, but I have seen an Alien movie"
Izabella Scorupco, Actress
Small: I think anti-Semitism is the meal ticket of the organizations that fight it
"I think anti-Semitism is the meal ticket of the organizations that fight it"
Arthur Hertzberg, Theologian
Small: You can find the entire cosmos lurking in its least remarkable objects
"You can find the entire cosmos lurking in its least remarkable objects"
Wislawa Szymborska, Poet
Small: God may forgive your sins, but your nervous system wont
"God may forgive your sins, but your nervous system won't"
Alfred Korzybski, Scientist
Small: A mathematician is a person who can find analogies between theorems a better mathematician is one who can see
"A mathematician is a person who can find analogies between theorems; a better mathematician is one who can see analogies between proofs and the best mathematician can notice analogies between theories"
Stefan Banach, Mathematician
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