"One must not be negligent in learning. In the Lun Yu it says: "To study and not to think is darkness. To think without study is dangerous.""

-- Takeda Nobushige

#War Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Darkness Quotes

“I'm a modern girl, but you should put your husband first. I like to think divorce is not an option.”
“When Demosthenes was asked what were the three most important aspects of oratory, he answered, 'Action, Action, Action.'”
“If you are writing the clearest, truest words you can find and doing the best you can to understand and communicate, this will shine on paper like its own little lighthouse. Lighthouses dont go running all over an island looking for boats to save; they just stand there shining.”
“I was born in New Orleans, and I wasn't allowed to go to the movies.”
“To be truly elegant one should not be noticed”
“Once I make up my mind, I'm full of indecision.”
“Take off all your clothes and walk down the street waving a machete and firing an Uzi, and terrified citizens will phone the police and report, There's a naked person outside!”
“There were almost 11,000 American soldiers killed in Germany in April of 1945, the last full month of the war. Thats almost as many as died in June, 1944. Right to the very end, it was absolutely brutal.”

Source : "Rick Atkinson talks 'The Guns at Last Light'". Interview with John Barron, www.chicagotribune.com. May 10, 2013.

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