Ely Culbertson famous quotes

We must conquer war or war will conquer us.
-- Ely Culbertson

#Motivational #War #Conquer

A deck of cards is built like the purest of hierarchies, with every card a master to those below it, a lackey to those above it.
-- Ely Culbertson

#Cards #Hierarchy #Masters

The bizarre world of cards is a world of pure power politics where rewards and punishments are meted out immediately.
-- Ely Culbertson

#Punishment #Cards #World

Power politics is the diplomatic name for the law of the jungle.
-- Ely Culbertson

#Power #Law #Names

God and the politicians willing, the United States can declare peace upon the world, and win it.
-- Ely Culbertson

#Winning #Usa #United States

A deck of cards was built like the purest of hierarchies, with every card a master to those below it and a lackey to those above it.
-- Ely Culbertson

#Cards #Hierarchy #Masters

The sum of all technical knowledge cannot make a master contract player.
-- Ely Culbertson

#Player #Masters #Contracts

Piglet noticed that even though he had a Very Small Heart, it could hold a rather large amount of Gratitude.

Very often a change of self is needed more than a change of scene.

Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.

I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had no where else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me seemed insufficient for that day.

All my life I've been aware of the Second World War humming in the background. I was born 10 years after it was finished, and without ever seeing it. It formed my generation and the world we lived in. I played Hurricanes and Spitfires in the playground, and war films still form the basis of all my moral philosophy. All the men I've ever got to my feet for or called sir had been in the war.

War is not an accident. It is the logical outcome of a certain way of life.

Though the object of being a Great Power is to be able to fight a Great War, the only way of remaining a Great Power is not to fight one.

The God of Battles will throw the dice that decide...

Poets by Death are conquer'd but the wit Of poets triumphs over it.

No one is ever a victim, although your conquerors would have you believe in your own victimhood. How else could they conquer you?