"Chickenshit can be recognized instantly because it never has anything to do with winning the war."

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Source : Paul Fussell (1990). “Wartime: Understanding and Behavior in the Second World War”, p.80, Oxford University Press

Paul Fussell

#War Quotes #Winning Quotes

“I respect my limitations, but I don't use them as an excuse.”
“The revolting details of childbirth had been hidden from me with such care that I was as surprised as I was horrified, and I cannot help thinking that the vows most women are made to take are very foolhardy. I doubt whether they would willingly go to the altar to swear that they will allow themselves to be broken on the wheel every nine months.”
“I'd like to see a little more action on the energy side of things. I've been pushing for some kind of a carbon tax for years, and it seems to me we've had lots of opportunities to do it.”
“Worry about being better; bigger will take care of itself. Think one customer at a time and take care of each one the best way you can.”
“History at its best is a gritty, dirty business.”
“To hunger for use and to go unused is the worst hunger of all.”
“Corporate executives and business owners need to realize that there can be no compromise when it comes to ethics, and there are no easy shortcuts to success. Ethics need to be carefully sown into the fabric of their companies.”

Source : "Corruption in Business, and the Importance of Ethics" by Vivek Wadhwa, www.linkedin.com. July 13, 2013.
“You wondered how you'd make it through. I wondered what was wrong with you. Because how could you give your love to someone else, yet share your dreams with me? Sometimes the only thing you're looking for, is the one thing you can't see.”

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