"He who commands the sea has command of everything."

-- Themistocles

#Military Quotes #Sea Quotes #Command Quotes

“I had promised myself when I first got started that if I got to the point my life where I started feeling 'Gee, I'd rather be at home than at work', and that started happening more often than not, that it would be time to leave. I'd wake up some days and go "Oh, I don't even know if I want to go face this anymore". I would, I would go do it, I'm a dutiful kind of person and not afraid of work.”
“It's amazing that the heart makes no noise when it cracks.”

Source : Robert Cormier (1998). “Heroes: A Novel”, Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers
“The Image is more than an idea. It is a vortex or cluster of fused ideas and is endowed with energy.”
“I have never been a killer. I'm not an aggressive personality and if I can remember any emotion I felt during a race it was fear. The greatest stimulator of my running was fear.”
“A lot of sponsors over the years have left us. They've all come back. But they chose to leave us for a while because of stories we have done about them or their products or their friend's products or whatever.”
“Ubiquity must never be mistaken for biology.”

Source : Phil Zuckerman (2010). “Society Without God: What the Least Religious Nations Can Tell Us about Contentment”, p.56, NYU Press
“I leave CNN with the utmost respect, love and admiration for the company and everyone who works here. This has been my family and shared endeavor for the past 27 years, and I am forever grateful and proud of all that we have accomplished.”

Source : "Christiane Amanpour quits CNN" by Mark Sweney, www.theguardian.com. March 19, 2010.
“Civilization is only savagery silver-gilt.”

Source : H. Rider Haggard (2015). “Allan Quatermain: Mystery & Adventure Story”, p.3, 谷月社

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