"The more usual reason for adopting a strategy of limited aim is that of awaiting a change in the balance of force ... The essential condition of such a strategy is that the drain on him should be disproportionately greater than on oneself."

-- B. H. Liddell Hart

#Military Quotes #Balance Quotes #Usual Quotes

“Teachers don't work in the summer, and photographers don't shoot in in the middle of the day.”
“Every little job becomes a dream, and you don't recall it anymore, and maybe you might have a deja vu moment, but it's like something you dreamed earlier”
“Please DO waste art materials. Use paper. Empty paint jars. Deplete pens. if it's teaching you stuff, it's not being wasted.”
“Sometimes you come up against a mountain and you end up making the mountain seem bigger than God.”
“Normally, what I do for fun is just nothing. I try to just relax. Normally, it involves just relaxing and reading and maybe going out and meeting up with a friend. I live a very simple existence. I would much rather just sit around and listen to a couple of records and read the paper.”

Source : "Colin Hanks, Tom Hanks Team Up On-Screen". The PARADE Magazine Interview, parade.com. March 20, 2009.
“I feel like, with ski racing, you need to have a short memory. You crash all the time, and sometimes it's a really bad one, but sometimes it's not so bad.”
“I came from a different world from other designers because I already had such a strong fan base that was interested in fashion. You have to give the little divas something.”
“A rut is a grave with the ends knocked out.”

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