"If General Haig is so smart, why did he finish 214th (out of 310) in his graduating class at West Point? Does that mean there are 213 generals his age who are smarter than he is?"

-- Calvin Trillin

#Military Quotes #Smart Quotes #Mean Quotes

“In all cases where incidental powers are acted upon, the principal and incidental ought to be congenial with each other, and partake of a common nature. The incidental power ought to be strictly subordinate and limited to the end proposed to be obtained by the specified power. In other words, under the name of accomplishing one object which is specified, the power implied ought not to be made to embrace other objects, which are not specified in the constitution.”
“I remember hearing someone say that good acting is more about taking off a mask than putting one on, and in movie acting, certainly that's true. With the camera so close, you can see right down into your soul, hopefully. So being able to do that in a way is terrifying, and in another way, truly liberating. And I like that about it”

Source : Interview with Todd Gilchrist, www.ign.com. October 18, 2004.
“Half of bravery is perspective.”
“He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom.”
“Share prices follow the theorem: hope divided by fear minus greed.”
“I'm not like a car you can fix up. I'm never gonna run right" Bella”
“Bullfights are hugely popular because you can sit comfortably with a hot dog and possibly watch a man die. It wont be me, but I can sit comfortably and watch it.”
“First of all I would make about 80% of the people law-abiding citizens again. The policy which is carried out now makes every entrepreneur and businessman a thief against his own will.”

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