Famous quotes containing the words assyrian, independence, world, war and/or aftermath:
“The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold,
And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold:”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (17881824)
“The Indians intercourse with Nature is at least such as admits of the greatest independence of each.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)
“We cannot play innocents abroad in a world that is not innocent.”
—Ronald Reagan (b. 1911)
“There are no accidents, only nature throwing her weight around. Even the bomb merely releases energy that nature has put there. Nuclear war would be just a spark in the grandeur of space. Nor can radiation alter nature: she will absorb it all. After the bomb, nature will pick up the cards we have spilled, shuffle them, and begin her game again.”
—Camille Paglia (b. 1947)
“The aftermath of joy is not usually more joy.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)