"[The] aim is not so much to seek battle as to seek a strategic situation so advantageous that if it does not of itself produce the decision, its continuation by a battle is sure to achieve this. In other words, dislocation is the aim of strategy."

-- B. H. Liddell Hart

#Military Quotes #Decision Quotes #Battle Quotes

“Just be yourself and forget all of the stuff you read in 'GQ' magazine.”
“The two words that I've arrived at to describe what we all need to feel about ourselves, children and adults, in order to perceive ourselves accurately, are worthy and welcome. If you don't feel worthy and welcome, you really won't know what to do with yourself. You won't know how to behave in a world of other people. You won't think you deserve to get what you need.”

Source : "An Interview with Jean Liedloff" by Chris Mercogliano, www.continuum-concept.org.
“We are all evil in some form or another, are we not?”
“The flood of photos sweeps away the dams of memory. Never before has a period known so little about itself. In the hands of the ruling society, the invention of illustrated magazines is one of the most powerful means of organizing a strike against understanding... The 'image-idea' drives away the idea.”

Source : Siegfried Kracauer, Thomas Y. Levin (1995). “The Mass Ornament: Weimar Essays”, p.58, Harvard University Press
“Snow White and the Seven Dwarves - it turned little people into crass stereotypes.”
“It takes a smart guy to play dumb.”
“I like the brand Band of Outsiders. Their suits are cut really slim, for smaller framed gentlemen.”
“I'd have a whole lot more money if I lied, but I wouldn't enjoy spending it.”

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