"NoÂ war is over until the enemy says it's over. We may think it over, we may declare it over, but in fact, the enemy gets a vote."

-- James Mattis

#War Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Enemy Quotes

“I don't really live like a musician myself. I think music is just something that I do, but I'd like to be doing lots of other things. I like to cure all kinds of illness.”
“Constant hammering on one nail will generally drive it home at last, so that it can be clinched. When a man's undivided attention is centered on one object, his mind will constantly be suggesting improvements of value, which would escape him if his brain was occupied by a dozen different subjects at once.”
“Creatures of a day, what is any one? What is he not? Man is but a dream of a shadow. Yet when there comes as a gift of heaven a gleam of sunshine, there rest upon men a radiant light and, aye, a gentle life.”
“Since the day I got in radio at the age of 15, I always wanted everyone with ears listening to me. I don't know how to narrow that down.”

Source : "Special guest Donnie Simpson, more on Pop Culture With Paul Farhi". Live Q&A, www.washingtonpost.com. February 2, 2010.
“... no matter how nice you are to some people, they'll turn their back on you the second they get the chance.”

Source : Jeff Kinney (2013). “Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hard Luck”, p.88, Abrams
“I need the starshine of your heavenly eyes, after the day's great sun.”

Source : Charles Hanson Towne (1908). “The Quiet Singer: And Other Poems”
“He who lowers his mind to the dust of all menâ€™s feet, Sees the Name of God enshrined in every heart.”
“I do not find it easy to articulate thoughts about religion. I remain the sort of person who turns off 'Thought for the Day' when it comes on the radio.”

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