"The nearer the cutting off point lies to the main force of the enemy, the more immediate the effect; whereas the closer to the strategic base it takes place, the greater the effect."

-- B. H. Liddell Hart

#Military Quotes #Lying Quotes #Cutting Quotes

“We cannot rule out a situation in which a preemptive policy tightening becomes necessary, ... Such caution seems especially warranted with regard to the sharp rise in equity prices during the past two years. These gains have obviously raised questions of sustainability.”
“Genius attracts more hate than love and more disrespect than respect; at least for the first few hundred years.”
“If belief in evolution is a requirement to be a real scientist, itâ€™s interesting to consider a quote from Dr. Marc Kirschner, founding chair of the Department of Systems Biology at Harvard Medical School: â€œIn fact, over the last 100 years, almost all of biology has proceeded independent of evolution, except evolutionary biology itself. Molecular biology, biochemistry, physiology, have not taken evolution into account at all.”
“Success on a cosmic level completely eludes me. I'm deeply suspicious of things being too good. It's part of my superstition, I think, to generate pain in order to give the illusion of gain. I'm not saying I reject success, but honestly, I don't quite know how to deal with it. It's an old feeling: As soon as you have the thing you've been going after all your life, that reasonable degree of security, you start kicking against it, doubting it.”
“Without the meditative background that is criticism, works become isolated gestures, historical accidents, soon forgotten.”
“The mountain remains unmoved at seeming defeat by the mist.”
“I know that I have in my make-up layers of synthetic experiences, and that the most powerful of my memories are only half true.”
“The Europeans must now honor their commitments. That is the position that France is defending.”

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