Quotes
Authors
Henry George Bohn
"Advantage is a better soldier than rashness." --
Source : Henry George Bohn, John Ray (1860). “A Hand-book of Proverbs: Comprising an Entire Republication of Ray's Collection of English Proverbs, with His Additions from Foreign Languages : and an Alphabetical Index, in which are Introduced Large Additions, as Well of Proverbs as of Sayings, Sentences, Maxims, and Phrases”, p.305
Henry George Bohn
#Military Quotes
#Soldier Quotes
#Advantage Quotes
“After eating the world's bread, we wake each morning to remember: We are still hungry. Seek a better loaf. Eat, and never die. Taste, savor, and be filled forever.”
“Sometimes I think God wants there to be a circus so we can show there's another way to respond.”
“Whatever a writer gets paid for his book, it's never enough. I think that's true. It's hard work. But in the end, you wrote a book. It's something real and tangible that sits on a shelf forever.”
“My own children are John Cena fans- which really pisses me off by the way.”
“I quickly learned that reading is cumulative and proceeds by geometrical progression: each new reading builds upon whatever the reader has read before.”
Source : Alberto Manguel (2014). “A History of Reading”, p.36, Penguin
“I wanted to separate data from programs, because data and instructions are very different.”
“The serenity produced by the contemplation and philosophy of nature is the only remedy for prejudice, superstition, and inordinate self-importance, teaching us that we are all a part of Nature herself, strengthening the bond of sympathy which should exist between ourselves and our brother man. . .”
“There are no turnarounds at Michigan. This is greatness. Long tradition of it.”