"During the Second World War, the Germans took four years to build the Atlantic Wall. On four beaches it held up the Allies for about an hour; at Omaha it held up the U.S. for less than one day. The Atlantic Wall must therefore be regarded as one of the greatest blunders in military history."

-- Stephen Ambrose

#Beach Quotes #Wall Quotes #Military Quotes

“My son called to me that God was inside his red fire engine. He wanted to show me. I did move as fast as I could, spilling like water through the kitchen door into a summer day, but God had left by the time I got there. My son smiled, told me I'd missed him by seconds.”

Source : Deborah Keenan (2011). “Willow Room, Green Door: New and Selected Poems”, p.85, Milkweed Editions
“A musical blast! Fun for the whole nuclear family!”
“It is most important that top management be quality-minded. In the absence of sincere manifestation of interest at the top, little will happen below.”

Source : Joseph M. Juran (1945). “Management of Inspection and Quality Control”
“When the bride is one with her lover, who cares about the wedding party?”
“nothing in this world was more difficult than love.”
“What do you fear, lady?" [Aragorn] asked. "A cage," [Ã‰owyn] said. "To stay behind bars, until use and old age accept them, and all chance of doing great deeds is gone beyond recall or desire.”
“We've endured too many tragedies. And each time I learn the news I react not as a President, but as anybody else would - as a parent.”
“Don't believe what I say. Believe what I do.”

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