"It's easy to measure success by the number of dollars spent or by the number of programs initiated, without having too much regard for what was bought and how useful it was to the people who need it - the war fighter and the analyst."

-- Stephen Cambone

#War Quotes #Numbers Quotes #People Quotes

“If I was given the choice between having the world back and having you, I wouldn't be able to give you up. Not to save five billion lives.”
“The labeling of nociceptors as pain fibers was not an admirable simplification, but an unfortunate trivialization under the guise of simplification.”
“How about "diamonds are a girl's best friends"? Nope. It should be switched around and pointed out, instead, that your best friends are diamonds.”

Source : "Zsa Zsa Gabor Loved Diamonds Like These" by Rachel Garrahan, www.nytimes.com. December 01, 2017.
“Unlike any other visual image, a photograph is not a rendering, an imitation or an interpretation of its subject, but actually a trace of it. No painting or drawing, however naturalist, belongs to its subject in the way that a photograph does.”
“I sit back on my bed cross-legged and find myself rubbing the smooth iridescent surface of the pearl back and forth against my lips. For some reason, itâ€™s soothing. A cool kiss”
“Somebody must trespass on the taboos of modern nationalism, in the interests of human reason. Business can't. Diplomacy won't. It has to be people like us.”

Source : Robert Byron (2016). “The Road to Oxiana: New edition linked and annotaded”, p.6, MarcoPolo
“Sex appeal alone is the poorest basis in the world for a happy marriage.”

Source : John R. Rice (1980). “The Home: Courtship, Marriage, and Children”, p.43, Sword of the Lord Publishers
“I think everyone is ticklish. You just gotta find the right spots.”

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