"In a military operation, the command and control elements are a legitimate target."

-- Stephen Hadley

#Military Quotes #Target Quotes #Elements Quotes

“I wasn't particularly good at school so always found essay writing hard, so I didn't do that well at English or history, even though I enjoyed it.”
“They should set a very clear priority for the government. There is such a large penumbra of issues. The party needs to come to grips with the reality that it has to be coherent politically.”
“In joy or sadness, flowers are our constant friends.”

Source : Okakura Kakuzo (2000). “The Book of Tea the Illustrated Classic Edition”, p.84, Tuttle Publishing
“The more self-aware an animal is, the more empathetic it tends to be.”

Source : "My bright idea: humans found a nicer way to evolve". Interview with Robin McKie, www.theguardian.com. September 18, 2010.
“Music is the tonal analogue of emotive life.”

Source : "Feeling and Form". Book by Susanne Katherina Langer, ch. 1, p. 27, 1953.
“I have an Alka-Seltzer bat. You know-plop, plop, fizz, fizz, when the pitcher sees me walking up there he says, 'Oh, what a relief it is'.”
“There is no joy for someone who has no sorrow. There is no pleasure for the one who has no patience No bliss for someone with no misery and no rest for the one with no fatigue. When someone is a little tired, he has long rest. When he endures the difficulty of steadfastness for a time, that leads him to eternal life. All that the people of eternal bliss are in is steadfastness for a time.”
“A man who pays respect to the great paves the way for his own greatness”

Source : FaceBook post by Chinua Achebe from Sep 10, 2015

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