"Nothing remains static in war or military weapons, and it is consequently often dangerous to rely on courses suggested by apparent similarities in the past."

-- Ernest King

#Military Quotes #War Quotes #Past Quotes

“No amount of money could make me play for Liverpool, that isn't disrespect to Liverpool or their fans, it's respect for Everton”
“My philosophy is such that I am not going to vote against the oppressed. I have been oppressed, and so I am always going to have avote for the oppressed, regardless of whether that oppressed is black or white or yellow or the people of the Middle East, or what. I have that feeling.”

Source : Septima Poinsette Clark (1990). “Ready from Within: Septima Clark and the Civil Rights Movement”
“I think any movie star who refuses autographs has a hell of a nerve”
“This dream of absolute, universal equality is amazing, terrifying, and inhuman. And the moment it captures people's minds, the result is mountains of corpses and rivers of blood...”

Source : Vladimir Bukovsky (1988). “To build a castle: my life as a dissenter”, Ethics & Public Policy Center
“I apologize to everyone who was offended by my insensitive tweet about the situation in Egypt. I've dedicated my life to raising awareness about serious social issues, and in hindsight my attempt at humor regarding a nation liberating themselves against oppression was poorly timed and absolutely inappropriate.”

Source : "Egypt protests". www.theguardian.com. February 3, 2011.
“Remember that I wrote a pavane for a dead princess, and not a dead pavane for a princess!”
“I learned English by watching soaps as a kid, and since I don't have any formal education and can't teach at the universities like other literary writers do.”
“My wife has a beastly habit of comparing poetry -- all literature in fact -- to the droppings of the goats among the rocks -- mere excreta that fertilises the ground it falls on.”

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