"It is now conceded that all idea of British intervention is at an end... I want to hug the army of the Potomac. I want to get the whole army of Vicksburg drunk at my own expense. I want to fight some small man and lick him."

-- Henry Adams

#War Quotes #Fighting Quotes #Army Quotes

“If I could read it, I could play it.”
“Some people who make it to where we are, life changes for them, they're treated differently, they're recognized. They're 6-foot-6, 280 pounds and people automatically know what they do for a living.”

Source : "'People Told Me to Shut Up and Play Football'". "Hang Up and Listen" with Stefan Fatsis, Josh Levin, and Mike Pesca, www.slate.com. July 18, 2016.
“A determination to succeed is the only way to succeed that I know anything about.”
“You've either got it or you haven't.”
“Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer.”
“The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was the quarter from behind the ear gag. He would never put the time in.”
“We only want that which is given naturally to all peoples of the world, to be masters of our own fate, not of others, and in cooperation and friendship with others.”
“One geometry cannot be more true than another; it can only be more convenient.”

Source : Henri Poincare (2012). “The Value of Science: Essential Writings of Henri Poincare”, p.85, Modern Library

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