Quotes by polish authors

I remember that during the period leading up to independence in Angola in 1975, I was the only correspondent there at all for three months. Ryszard Kapuscinski

Remember Independence Three Months Correspondent Angola Only Leading Period Up

I'll tell you what colonial experience is. Ryszard Kapuscinski

You Experience Tell Colonial

In modern Russia, you have no official, formal assessment of this past. Nobody in any Russian document has said that the policy of the Soviet government was criminal, that it was terrible. No one has ever said this. Ryszard Kapuscinski

Government You Past Criminal Russia Russian No-One Nobody Document Terrible Policy Said Official Modern Soviet Any Formal Assessment Ever

Most correspondents came from the former colonial powers - there were British, French, and a lot of Italians, because there were a lot of Italian communities there. And of course there were a lot of Russians. Ryszard Kapuscinski

Russians Colonial Most French Powers Course Because Came Were Italian Italians Lot Former Communities British

Readership was high, and very attentive. It was people's only source of knowledge about the world. Ryszard Kapuscinski

Knowledge People World High About Only Attentive Readership Source Very

There are several reasons why Russians view the oppressive state positively. First, in the Russian Orthodox religion, there is an understanding of authority as something sent by God. Ryszard Kapuscinski

God Religion First Understanding State Positively Several Russian Russians Something Oppressive Authority Sent View Reasons Why Orthodox

That reasonably intelligent and well-meaning young people are willing to call white black is a matter of concern. It raises questions about our ways of education and about the values that guide our conduct. Solomon Asch

Most social acts have to be understood in their setting and lose meaning if isolated... No error in thinking about social facts is more serious than the failure to see their place and function. Solomon Asch

Failure Lose Thinking Setting See About More Facts Most Isolated Understood Error Than Place Social Meaning Serious Function Acts

To believe with certainty we must begin with doubting. Stanislaus I

Doubting Believe Must Begin Certainty

Have the courage to face a difficulty lest it kick you harder than you bargain for. Stanislaus I

You Courage Face Difficulty Kick Than Bargain Lest Harder

To torture a man you have to know his pleasures. Stanislaw Lem

You Man Pleasures Torture Know His

Where do consequences lead? Depends on the escort. Stanislaw Lem

Consequences Lead Escort Depends Where

I think my parents - my mother in particular - always believed I should go as far as I could with my studies. There was no pressure, but at each step there were people who you admired, and you strived to those levels. Stanley Wojcicki

You People Mother Pressure Parents Think Those Admired No Pressure Could Studies Step Particular Always Go Were As Far As Far Should Who Each Believed Levels

There are 300 neutrinos in every cubic centimeter of the entire universe. Stanley Wojcicki

Every Universe Entire

One can imagine that the ultimate mathematician is one who can see analogies between analogies. Stefan Banach

Analogy See Between Ultimate Mathematician Who Imagine

Mathematics is as old as Man. Stefan Banach

Mathematics Man Old

Keep up the good work, if only for a while, if only for the twinkling of a tiny galaxy. Wislawa Szymborska

Work Good Good Work Only Up Tiny While Galaxy Keep Twinkling