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. . . NUCLEAR WAR see "WAR & PEACE" for related links We will not act prematurely or unnecessarily risk the costs of world-wide nuclear war in which even the fruits of victory would be ashes in our mouth. But neither will we shrink from that risk at any time it must be faced. --John Fitzgerald Kennedy (19171963) American Democratic statesman, President of the U.S. [19611963]. _Television Address_ [22 October 1962]. Global war has become a Frankenstein's monster, threatening to destroy both sides. . . It contains now only the germs of a double suicide. --Douglas MacArthur (18801964) American general. Speech [5 July 1961].  . . see "WAR & PEACE" for related links We have grasped the mystery of the atom and rejected the Sermon on the Mount. . . . The world has achieved brilliance without wisdom, power without conscience. Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. We know more about war than we know about peace, more about killing than we know about living. --Omar Bradley (18931981) American general. Armistice Day address before the Boston Chamber of Commerce [10 November 1948]. - Some recent work by E[nrico] Fermi and L[eo] Szilard, which has been communicated to me in manuscript, leads me to expect that the element uranium may be turned into a new and important source of energy in the immediate future. Certain aspects of the situation which has arisen seem to call for watchfulness and, if necessary, quick action on the part of Administration. . . . It may be possible to set up a nuclear chain reaction in a large mass of uranium, by which vast amounts of power and large quantities of new radium-like elements would be generated. . . . This new phenomenon would also lead to the construction of bombs, and it is conceivable though much less certain that extremely powerful bombs of a new type may thus be constructed. A single bomb of this type, carried by boat and exploded in a port, might very well destroy the whole port together with some of the surrounding territory. --Albert Einstein (18791955) German-American physicist who developed the special and general theories of relativity. Letter to President Franklin D. Roosevelt [2 August 1939]. - The Japanese were ready to surrender and it wasn't necessary to hit them with that awful thing. . . . I hated to see our country be the first to use such a weapon. --Dwight D. Eisenhower (18901969), American Army General, supreme Allied commander WWII, NATO commander, American President [19531961]. In Barton J. Bernstein "Hiroshima, Rewritten," _New York Times_ [31 January 1995]. That is the biggest damn fool thing we have ever done. The bomb will never go off, and I speak as an expert in explosives. --William D. Leahy (18751959) American naval officer and chief military adviser to Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman. A scientific repot about the soon-to-be-tested atom bomb, in Harry S. Truman, _Memoirs, Year of Decision_ [1955]. As the bomb fell over Hiroshima and exploded, we saw an entire city disappear, I wrote in my log the words: 'My God, what have we done?' --Robert Lewis, Air Force captain and Enola Gay copilot. Remarks on the 10th anniversary of the atom bomb [19 May 1955]. If the Third World War is fought with nuclear weapons, the fourth will be fought with bows and arrows. --Louis Mountbatten (19001979) British war hero. In "Maclean's" [9 November 1975]. Nuclear weapons ended World War II and have been the major factor in preventing World War III. The existence of nuclear weapons makes even conventional war too risky for aggresors who might contemplate it. Eliminating nuclear weapons would simply make the world safe for conventional war. --Richard Nixon (19131994) American Republican statesman, President [19691974]. _In the Arena_ [1990] A world without nuclear weapons would be less stable and more dangerous for all of us. --Margaret Thatcher (1925 ) British conservative stateswoman and Prime Minister [19791990]. Remark to Mikhail S. Gorbachev, "Time" [27 April 1987]. - Canadian television interviewer: Ever regret all the people you killed? Tibbets: No, I've never lost a night's sleep over it, and I never will. . . . I got nothing to be ashamed of. That's how it was. --Paul W. Tibbets, Jr. (19152007) American Air Force colonel who piloted the Enola Gay, the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Interview in the Washington Post [30 January 1995]. & see: This is a great day in the history of the world. --Harry S. Truman (18841972) American Democratic statesman, President of the U.S. [19451953]. Upon learning of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima [6 August 1945]. & note: The atom bomb was no "great decision." It was used in the war, and, for your information, there were more people killed in Tokyo than dropping the bomb accounted for. It was merely another powerful weapon in the arsenel of righteousness. The dropping of the bombs stopped the war, saved millions of lives. It is just the same as artillery on our side. --Harry S. Truman (18841972) American Democratic statesman, President of the U.S. [19451953]. Columbia University [28 April 1959]. - When [an atom bomb] went off, you felt you were in a vapor, like a vacuum, everything still as death and then this real bright light, so bright I had my hands over my eyes closed and I could see all these bones just like you were looking at an X-ray. The fireball was right straight up over our heads. We had to be in the stem of it. We were only 300 yards from ground zero. The sand had melted into a glaze, like a brown glass. Then we got a sunburn, and the guys all started throwing up in the truck going back, sick as dogs, all of them. --Reason Warehime [pseudonym] Describing a nuclear exposion at the Nevada test site in the early 1950s. At the time of the interview he was 67, a cancer victim. "New York Times" [26 March 1993].  NUDITY . . see: "THE BODY" If God had meant us to walk around naked, he would never have invented the wicker chair. --Erma Bombeck (19271996) American humorist. The girls in Canadian lap dancing bars are allowed to remove all their clothes and touch the customers, but while this is undoubtedly a Good Thing, we should remember that Canada is home to 87% of all the world's mosquitoes. --Jeremy Clarkson (1960 ) British journalist and broadcaster. In "Sunday Times" [18 July 1999]. ^^ Humphrey Howarth (c. 1800), British surgeon: Challenged to a duel, Howarth appeared at the appointed venue stark naked. His challenger, understandably nonplussed, asked what he thought he was doing. Howarth solemly explained that if any bit of cloth is carried into the body by gunshot, festering inevitably follows. His opponent averred it would be ridiculous to fight a naked man and the duel was called off. --_Bartlett's Book of Anecdotes_ edited by Clifton Fadiman and Andrι Bernard ^^ I can't bear being seen nearly naked. I'm not exactly a tiny woman. When Sophia Loren is naked, this is a lot of nakedness. --Sophia Loren (1934 ) Italian actress. _Sunday Mirror_ [30 August 1964] Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence in society. --Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (18351910) American humorist, novelist, journalist, and river pilot. Nudity on stage? I think it is disgusting. But if I were twenty-two with a great body, it would be artistic, tasteful, patriotic and a progressive religious experience. --Shelley Winters (19222006) American actress. _Hammer and Tongues_ [1986] [1965 pronouncement.] - A nudist resort at Bernares, Took a midget in, all unawares, But he made members weep, For he just couldn't keep, His nose out of private affairs. --anon. Archimedes, the early truth-seeker, Leapt out of his bath, cried "Eureka!" And ran half a mile, Wearing only a smile, Thus becoming the very first streaker. --anon. - Frasier: Well I had to, what with you underneath the covers with a flashlight looking at the National Geographic. Niles: I was looking at the maps. Frasier: That's what makes it so scary. --dialogue, 'Beloved Infidel', _Frasier_ (Television show) . . see "MATHEMATICALLY SPEAKING" Some people count sheep, using numbers To hasten and lengthen their slumbers, But my nostrum entails Just curvaceous females, For I prefer figures to numbers. --anon. ----- myriad [MIR-ee-uhd], adjective: 1. Consisting of a very great, but indefinite, number; as, myriad stars. 2. Composed of numerous diverse elements or aspects. quasquicentennial (adj.) [kwah-skwκ-sin-'te-ni-yκl] Pertaining to 125 or 125th; the celebration of 125 years. semicentennial "50th," centennial "100," sesquicentennial "150th," bicentennial "200th," tercentennial "300th," quadricentennial "400th," quincentennial "500th." . . see "CHILDREN'S RHYME" Mary had a little lamb, A lobster and some prunes, A glass of wine, a piece of pie A plate of macaroons. She gobbled up a sponge cake, And what else we don't know. But when they carried Mary out Her face was white as snow. - Mary had a little watch She swallowed it one day The doctor gave her castor oil To pass the time away. Mary took the castor oil, But the time, it would not pass, So if you want to know the time, You can look up Mary's aunt, who has a watch too. - Mary had a little lamb His feet were black as soot And everywhere that Mary went His sooty foot he put - Mary had a little lamb It had a touch of colic She gave it brandy everyday Now it's alcoholic. - Mary had a little lamb It leapt around in little hops It bounced into the road one day And it ended up in chops. - Mary had a little lamb A little pork, a little jam A little bread, a little toast Some pickle and a great big roast An ice-cream soda topped with fizz And Oh! How sick our Mary is. - Mary had a little lamb Its coat was full of fleas And what more is that The little **** had foot and mouth disease --- REJECTED NURSERY RHYMES JACK AND JILL Went up the hill To have a little fun. Stupid Jill Forgot the pill And now they have a son. MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB Her father shot it dead Now it goes to school with her, Between two chunks of bread. SIMPLE SIMON Met a Pieman going to the fair Said Simple Simon to the Pieman "What have you got there?" Said the Pieman unto Simon "Pies, you dumbass!" HEY DIDDLE, DIDDLE, The cat did a piddle, All over the bedside clock. The little dog laughed to see such fun When it died of electric shock. GEORGIE PORGY Pudding and Pie Kissed the girls and made them cry. When the boys came out to play He kissed them too, 'cause he was gay. THERE WAS A LITTLE GIRL who had a little curl! Right in the middle of her forehead And when she was good, She was very, very good But when she was bad she got a Fur coat, jewels, and a sports car. end page | NAME CALLING - NASTINESS | NATIONALISM - NATIVE AMERICANS | NATURE | NAVY - NEGLECT | NEIGHBORS/NEIGHBORHOOD - NEW YORK | NEW YORK CITY | NEWS - NEWSPEAK | NICE - NONCONFORMITY | NIXON YEARS | NONSENSE - NOVEMBER | NUCLEAR WAR - NURSERY RHYMES | OBESITY - OBSTACLES | OBSTINACY - OKLAHOMA | OLD - OLD AGE | OLD-FASHIONED - OPERA | OPINION | OPPORTUNITY - ORGANIZATION | ORIGINALITY - OYSTERS | | H | I - J | K - L | M | N - O | P - Q | | Return Home | The Credits | The Cast | Act 1 | Act 2 | Act 3 | The End | The Reviews | Photos | |
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