"If he had a million men he would swear the enemy has two millions, and then he would sit down in the mud and yell for three."

-- Edwin M. Stanton

#Men Quotes #Two Quotes #Enemy Quotes

“We must enhance the light, not fight the darkness.”
“False is the idea of utility that sacrifices a thousand real advantages for one imaginary or trifling inconvenience; that would take fire from men because it burns, and water because one may drown in it; that has no remedy for evils except destruction. The laws that forbid the carrying of arms are laws of such a nature. They disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes.”

Source : Cesare Beccaria (1963). “On Crimes and Punishments”, Pearson College Division
“Every woman needs a daughter to tell her stories to.”

Source : Karen White (2009). “The Lost Hours”, p.256, Penguin
“Generalists, people with moderately strong attachments to many ideas, should be hard to interrupt, and once interrupted, should have weaker, shorter negative reactions since they have alternative paths to realize their plans. Specialists, people with stronger attachments to fewer ideas, should be easier to interrupt, and once interrupted, should have stronger, more sustained negative reactions because they have fewer alternative pathways to realize their plans. Generalists should be the upbeat, positive people in the profession while specialists should be their grouchy, negative counterparts.”
“Best things in life are free, and money can't buy you love.”

Source : Source: www.nbcnews.com
“The whole world is pretending the breakthrough is in technology. The bottleneck is really in art.”
“The Brits was an amazing place to get a broad musical education. But I never really thought I was going to be a singer because there was always someone better than me in my class.”
“I think I was afraid of being a mother for many reasons. I wanted to be a good mom and I was fearful at one point of even working at the national level because I was afraid that I would disappoint a child or I wouldn't be as ready for a big position as maybe I should have been when I came to Fox.”

Source : Source: www.elle.com

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