Jonas Salk Quotes

Even victors are by victories undone.

You may succeed in your policy and ensure your own damnation, by your victory.

Donald Trump is like a practical joke that got out of hand.

When we weren't being transcendent we specialized in self-inflicted disaster.

The fate of war is to be exalted in the morning, and low enough at night! There is but one step from triumph to ruin.

The story of Willie Stark fascinated me because it was tackling the story of a man who outwardly has all the success one could possibly want and who is destroyed by his personal demons.

Ambition aspires to descend.

Show me a hero and I'll write you a tragedy.

The minute you think you've got it made, disaster is just around the corner.

Man can hardly even recognize the devils of his own creation.

San Francisco is gone. Nothing remains of it but memories.

I don't want to be the person digging my own grave.

It really is impossible not to like him. His success was his failure.

Not only can you not plan the impact you're going to have, you often won't recognize it even while you're having it.

I remember when the candle shop burned down. Everyone stood around singing 'Happy Birthday.'

The government relying on it would be disappointed, and ruin soon stare them in the face.

This is the history of failure.

Actions can have unintended adverse consequences.

It all went wrong with football, the thing I loved most of all, and from there, my life slowly fell apart.

What enables us to achieve our greatness contains the seeds of our destruction.

The status quo leads to self-destruction.

Self-destruction is such an interesting thing for a dramatist, and what's particular to Nixon is how human the failings were that led to his downfall.

Bad things can happen even to the best players.

All men that are ruined, are ruined on the side of their natural propensities.

Tragedy alters everything.