Bad Mouthing Others For Your Own Gains Quotes & Sayings

In 2003, at the time I made my "Old Europe" comment, the center of gravity in NATO and Europe had long since shifted to the East. With the former Warsaw Pact countries joining NATO, the alliance has a different mix today. Some people were sensitive about my comment because they thought it was a pejorative way of highlighting demographic realities. Apparently they felt it pointed a white light at a weakness in Europe - an aging population. Europe has come some distance since World War II in becoming Europe. — Donald Rumsfeld

There is a gesture he has, a motion, that always reminds me of a great batter leaning into a hit. He has a way of throwing one foot forward, putting his head down a bit as he silently runs the valves, and then the cheeks bloom out in the way that has mystified his dentist for years, and he hits into the solo. When that foot goes forward like that, you know that John Birks Gillespie is no longer clowning. Stand back. — Gene Lees

Gold begets in brethren hate; Gold in families debate; Gold does friendship separate; Gold does civil wars create. — Abraham Cowley

With each book I write, I become more and more convinced that the books have a life of their own, quite apart from me. — Madeleine L'Engle

What can you do against the lunatic who is more intelligent than yourself, who gives your arguments a fair hearing and then simply persists in his lunacy? — George Orwell

Only the bad man is alone. — Denis Diderot

Unbelievable," Gavin said. "There's a whole legion of magical beings living on Earth and only Aquarians know about them."
"We come in peace," Ilauria said, surprised at her attempt at levity.
A wide grin replaced his serious expression. "Lucky for us. — Jasmine Angell