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Kissinger, Henry
1923–
1923–
1
Power is the great aphrodisiac.
We are the President's men.
For other nations, Utopia is a blessed past never to be recovered; for Americans it is just beyond the horizon.
Power is the great aphrodisiac.
in
New York Times
19 January 1971
We are the President's men.
M. and B. Kalb
Kissinger
(1974) ch. 7
For other nations, Utopia is a blessed past never to be recovered; for Americans it is just beyond the horizon.
attributed
Kitchener, Lord
1850–1916
1850–1916
1
You are ordered abroad as a soldier of the King…While treating all women with perfect courtesy, you should avoid any intimacy. Do your duty bravely. Fear God. Honour the King.
I don't mind your being killed, but I object to your being taken prisoner.
to the Prince of Wales during the First World War
You are ordered abroad as a soldier of the King…While treating all women with perfect courtesy, you should avoid any intimacy. Do your duty bravely. Fear God. Honour the King.
message to soldiers of the British Expeditionary Force (1914), in
The Times
19 August 1914
I don't mind your being killed, but I object to your being taken prisoner.
to the Prince of Wales during the First World War
in
Journals and Letters of Reginald Viscount Esher
(1938) vol. 3, 18 December 1914
Klee, Paul
1879–1940
1879–1940
1
Art does not reproduce the visible; rather, it makes visible.
An active line on a walk, moving freely without a goal. A walk for walk's sake. The agent is a point that shifts position.
Art does not reproduce the visible; rather, it makes visible.
Inward Vision
(1958) "Creative Credo" (1920)
An active line on a walk, moving freely without a goal. A walk for walk's sake. The agent is a point that shifts position.
Pedagogical Sketchbook
(1925)
Klopstock, Friedrich
1724–1803
1724–1803
1
God and I both knew what it meant once; now God alone knows.
God and I both knew what it meant once; now God alone knows.
C. Lombroso
The Man of Genius
(1891) pt. 1, ch. 2.
Knight, Charles
and
Lyle, Kenneth
and
Lyle, Kenneth
1
When there's trouble brewing,
When there's something doing,
Are we downhearted?
No! Let 'em all come!
When there's trouble brewing,
When there's something doing,
Are we downhearted?
No! Let 'em all come!
"Here we are! Here we are again!!" (1914 song)
Knight, Frank H.
1885–1973
1885–1973
1
Costs merely register competing attractions.
Costs merely register competing attractions.
Risk, Uncertainty and Profit
(1921)
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