Klaus Fuchs Quote

For me, the moral difficulties lie in the continual pressure brought to bear on my friends and immediate family, pressure which is not directed against me personally but which at the same time is all around me.

Andrei Sakharov

• Morality

Over a three year period, I gave away half of what I had. To be honest, my hands shook as I signed it away. I knew I was taking myself out of the race to be the richest man in the world.

Ted Turner

At that time I had complete confidence in Russian policy and I believed that the Western Allies deliberately allowed Russia and Germany to fight each other to the death.

Klaus Fuchs

Personally, I would be delighted if there were a life after death, especially if it permitted me to continue to learn about this world and others, if it gave me a chance to discover how history turns out.

Carl Sagan

• Learning

The last time when I handed over information was in February or March 1949.

Klaus Fuchs

If Russians knew how to read, they would write me off.

Catherine the Great

If we are completely honest with ourselves, everyone has a dark side to their personalities.

Isabella Rossellini

The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time.

Thomas Jefferson

• Time

In olden times sacrifices were made at the altar, a custom which is still continued.

Helen Rowland

• Sacrifices

Love is a fruit in season at all times, and within reach of every hand.

Mother Teresa

• Love

I was completely loyal and faithful to Stephen throughout this time as, indeed, he assured me he was to me.

Elizabeth Hurley

The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves.

George Washington

• Freedom
• Time

We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person.

William Somerset Maugham

• Love

Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time.

Voltaire

• Perfection
• Time

I never knew a more presumptuous person than myself. The fact that I say that shows that what I say is true.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Many a trip continues long after movement in time and space have ceased.

John Steinbeck

I eat fish, three times a week meat, and if not yogurt, something like this and it rarely continues.

Karl Lagerfeld

The intellectual is different from the ordinary man, but only in certain sections of his personality, and even then not all the time.

George Orwell

Elvis and I continued to be friends, and I saw him once or twice a year. But he was a troubled person.

Ursula Andress

Civilization began the first time an angry person cast a word instead of a rock.

Sigmund Freud