"War, for any cause, is inexcusable. There is nothing which excuses us for the beastly ingenuity of our wars. Only fools, only the diseased, think that we are served by killing the strong young men with machines."

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Source : Storm Jameson (2011). “Company Parade”, p.230, Bloomsbury Publishing

Storm Jameson

#Strong Quotes #War Quotes #Men Quotes

“Since there's no help, come let us kiss and part.”
“This is going to become a battle for access to your home and office plus mobility. It's about who can provide the biggest and least expensive and fastest pipe to your home and office and offer you a mobility feature.”
“Now the gardener is the one who has seen everything ruined so many times that (even as his pain increases with each loss) he comprehends - truly knows - that where there was a garden once, it can be again, or where there never was, there yet can be a garden.”

Source : Henry Mitchell (2003). “The Essential Earthman: Henry Mitchell on Gardening”, p.3, Indiana University Press
“You cannot talk to people successfully if they think you are not interested in what they have to say or you have no respect for them.”

Source : Larry King, Bill Gilbert (2007). “How to Talk to Anyone, Anytime, Anywhere: The Secrets of Good Communication”, p.28, Three Rivers Press
“I believe modeling is a combination of natural talent, the ability to adapt to different situations, hard work, and, most importantly, luck.”
“... it is always the men we won't allow to make love to us, who take our characters away.”
“The time was fast approaching when Earth, like all mothers, must say farewell to her children.”
“If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done.”

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