Douhet Command Quotes & Sayings

In order to assure an adequate national defense, it is necessary - and sufficient - to be in a position in case of war to conquer the command of the air. — Giulio Douhet

To have command of the air means to be able to cut an enemy's army and navy off from their bases of operation and nullify their chances of winning the war. — Giulio Douhet

To conquer the command of the air means victory; to be beaten in the air means defeat and acceptance of whatever terms the enemy may be pleased to impose. — Giulio Douhet

Girls get their boobs and forget they were ever so gutsy and smart. Boys, too, can display their own brand of clever and funny behavior, but let them get that first erection and they go complete moron for the next sixty years. For both genders, adolescence occurs as a kind of Ice Age of Dumbness. — Chuck Palahniuk

Everyone should learn to tango in Argentina before they die. — Ian McKeever

There's a man in Mobile who remembers that Honus Wagner hit a triple in Pittsburgh 46 years ago. That's baseball. — Ernie Harwell

We cannot live as Christians separate from the rock who is Christ. He gives us strength and stability, but also joy and serenity. — Pope Francis

To conquer the command in the air means victory; to be beaten in the air means defeat. — Giulio Douhet

Going to church no more making you a Christian than standing in a garage makes you a car. — Garrison Keillor

The road may be beautiful or ugly; it may be easy or hard, smooth or rough, it doesn't matter; what matters most is where the road will take you! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

I feel that by getting rich in the way I did, I think my own example has hurt my own country. — Charlie Munger

All the maxims have been written. It only remains to put them into practice. — Blaise Pascal

There's always hope. Always. You just never know what life - or death - might bring. I think we've all seen that the world is a little more complicated than we ever could have imagined. — James Dashner

Any lawyer worth his salt knew the first offer had to be rejected. — John Grisham

The second childhood of a saint is the early infancy of a happy immortality, as we believe. — William Mountford

Enquirer, cease, Petitions yet remain,
Which Heav'n may hear, nor deem Religion vain.
Still raise for Good the supplicating Voice,
But leave to Heav'n the Measure and the Choice. — Samuel Johnson