"For some years I have spent my time on exactly these questions - both in thinking about ways to prevent war, and in thinking about how to fight, survive, and terminate a war, should it occur."

--

Source : Herman Kahn, Paul Dragoș Aligică, Kenneth R. Weinstein (2009). “The Essential Herman Kahn: In Defense of Thinking”, p.11, Lexington Books

Herman Kahn

#War Quotes #Fighting Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“I am the luckiest novelist in the world. I was a first-time novelist who wasn't awash in rejection slips, whose manuscript didn't disappear in slush piles. I have had a wonderful time.”
“Hats change everything. September knew this with all her being, deep in the place where she knew her own name, and that her mother would still love her even though she hadnâ€™t waved goodbye. For one day her father had put on a hat with golden things on it and suddenly he hadnâ€™t been her father anymore, he had been a soldier, and he had left. Hats have power. Hats can change you into someone else.”
“Watch it...people who keep things inside them develop all sorts of disease...all that emotional gunk's got to find an outlet. Angry people develop cysts; stubborn people get arthritis; resentful people die of cancer.”
“My work is about making candy for the eyes. It's about grabbing your attention. Even though my work is appearing in magazines I am trying to make a large picture. I want my photographs to read like a poster.”
“I didn't end up going bankrupt... I made some great investments and I held on to my money, which also enables me to have the freedom to do what I want now. But it's not about finances. No matter what, it's about keeping it real.”
“If you put shame in a petri dish, it needs three ingredients to grow exponentially: secrecy, silence, and judgment. If you put the same amount of shame in the petri dish and douse it with empathy, it can't survive.”
“I never had a desire to leave mainstream Hollywood. And still don't think that I've left mainstream Hollywood.”
“When I think about who influenced my life the most as a Leader, I think of my Mother. She, more than anyone, taught me how to lead with love.”

Source : Ken Blanchard, Colleen Barrett (2010). “Lead with LUV: A Different Way to Create Real Success”, p.6, FT Press

You may also like:

Albert Wohlstetter
Alvin Toffler
Writer
Bertrand de Jouvenel
Philosopher
Donella Meadows
Environmental Writer
Edward Teller
Physicist
Julian Simon
Professor
Mitch Daniels
Former Governor of Indiana
Peter Schwartz
Author
Thomas Schelling
Economist