"Among the men who fought on Iwo Jima, uncommon valor was a common virtue."

-- Chester W. Nimitz

#Military Quotes #Men Quotes #Common Quotes

“I love my mother. I do love her.”

Source : "Larry King Live", edition.cnn.com. November 11, 2005.
“The American Left complains that we have no right to be the world's police force. On the contrary. We've been the world's janitor for almost a century, and after September 11, it became obvious it's better, safer, and more productive to change things instead of cleaning up after the mess.”

Source : Tammy Bruce (2009). “The New American Revolution: How You Can Fight the Tyranny of the Left's Cultural and Moral Decay”, p.5, Harper Collins
“Happy as a clam, is what my mother says for happy. I am happy as a clam: hard-shelled, firmly closed.”
“One should hate very little, because it's extremely fatiguing. One should despise much, forgive often and never forget. Pardon does not bring with it forgetfulness; at least not for me.”
“The tragic element in poetry is like Saturn in alchemy, Â— the Malevolent, the Destroyer of Nature ; but without it no true Aurum Potabile, or Elixir of Life, can be made.”
“Obviously the fans are very important to me, in fact they mean everything to me and they are the people I try to please when I play.”
“At one point, for example, [Donald Trump] argued that he knew much more than military leaders about the pursuit and defeat of ISIS. His assuredness of his own correctness seems also rooted in arrogance reflecting his fundamental insecurity. This insecurity and his belief in his own rightness, when combined with his success at making money, leads him to be self-reliant in his decision-making, which could result in his taking risks with threatening or using nuclear weapons.”

Source : Source: www.counterpunch.org
“No virtue is safe that is not enthusiastic.”

Source : Sir John Robert Seeley (1871). “Ecce Homo: A Survey of the Life and Work of Jesus Christ”, p.14

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