“Some minds are like concrete - all mixed up and permanently set.”
“You can be on the right track and still get hit by a train!”
“In retrospect it becomes clear that hindsight is definitely overrated!”
“What, me worry?”
“It is a confession of the weakness of our own faith in the righteousness of our cause when we attempt to suppress by law those who do not agree with us."Alfred E. Smith, governor of New York after WWI”
“Love and translation look alike in their grammar. To love someone implies transforming their words into ours. Making an effort to understand the other person and, inevitably, to misinterpret them. To construct a precarious language together.”