Quotes About Division

For despite the fact that Man was the only known Race, he still managed to find differences between himself and his brothers and sisters—differences of the coloration of their skin, of the location of their homeland, of the nature of their politics—and Man distrusted anything that was different.

Nationalism is like class. You have to have it in order to be rid of it.

Marx rejeitava era o mito sentimental do Estado como fonte de harmonia, pacificamente unindo diferentes grupos e classes. Para ele, o Estado era mais uma fonte de divisão do que de concórdia

I believe you find life such a problem because you think there are good people and bad people. You're wrong, of course. There are, always and only, the bad people, but some of them are on opposite sides.

They called themselves the Munrungs. It meant The People, or The True Human Beings. It's what most people call themselves, to begin with. And then one day the tribe meets some other People or, if it's not been a good day, The Enemy. If only they'd think up a name like Some More True Human Beings, it'd save a lot of trouble later on

He calculated the number of bricks in the wall, first in twos and then in tens and finally in sixteens. The numbers formed up and marched past his brain in terrified obedience. Division and multiplication were discovered. Algebra was invented and provided an interesting diversion for a minute or two. And then he felt the fog of numbers drift away, and looked up and saw the sparkling, distant mountains of calculus.

The kicking and punching stopped only when it became apparent that all the mob was attacking was itself. And, since the IQ of a mob is the IQ of its most stupid member divided by the number of mobsters, it was never very clear to anyone what had happened.

El C. I. de una muchedumbre es el C. I. de su miembro más estúpido dividido por el número de sus integrantes.

A heart at war needs enemies to justify it warring. It needs enemies and mistreatment more than it wants peace.

We are severed in Two by an abstract enemy an invisible enemy under the title of liberators who have conveniently named the severance, Civil War. Cold War. Stalemate.

It's impossible not to dream of Greg Hardy vs. Jon Jones for the heavyweight title after he's done finishing off the light heavyweight division.

Out of ignorance and fear comes judgment and division.

I'm getting a little bored by the juxtaposition of American and other cinema. I no longer think this division is as true as it might have been in the 1980s, or the early part of the 90s.

I would never say John Kerry would be a great president. I will say that George Bush has divided us; he has filled this country with hatred.

There's all kinds of envy out there on the Left.

I feel like I have chemistry with every girl but I don't know what happened with Awesome Kong. I never even saw her work before our very first match. I just heard so much about her and then we brought in this whole women's division.

I thought North Koreans were the only people who hated Americans, but turns out there are a lot of people hating this country in this country.

It is impossible for capitalists and laborers to have common interests.

New Labour has systematically alienated section after section of the coalition we need to win and retain power.

The greatest betrayal of the liberal left in this country is by the Labour party.

What I worry about is the lack of understanding in society around the world that there is a divide in the world between those who have and those who do not.

It might surprise you to know that, for the most part, finance involves addition and subtraction. When finance people get really fancy, they multiply and divide. We never have to take the second derivative of a function or determine the area under a curve (sorry, engineers). So have no fear: the math is easy. And calculators are cheap. You don't need to be a rocket scientist to be financially intelligent.

In a moment of imagined separation, we become self-conscious and self-absorbed, and we assume we are less worthy than every other person we encounter. We want to hide out and yet be noticed. When this happens to nations of people, wars start.

For what is war renowned? He divides. He carves down the middle and makes enemies of even brothers and sisters, parents and offspring.