Fog Of War Clausewitz Quotes & Sayings

I express preference for a chronological sequence of events which precludes a violence. — Terry Pratchett

For most of the wild things on earth, the future must depend on the conscience of mankind. — Archie Carr

The general unreliability of all information presents a special problem in war: all action takes place, so to speak, in the twilight, which, like fog or moonlight, often tends to make things seem grotesque and larger than they really are. Whatever is hidden from full view in this feeble light has to be guessed at by talent, or simply left to chance. So once again for the lack of objective knowledge, one has to trust to talent or to luck. — Carl Von Clausewitz

Just believe me when I say you can't trust anything you read on the Internet until you confirm it. — Seanan McGuire

The truth is often terrifying, which I think is one of the motifs of Larry and Andrew's cinema. The cost of knowledge is an important theme. In the second and third films, they explore the consequences of Neo's choice to know the truth. It's a beautiful, beautiful story. — Keanu Reeves

I have a European Fanclub that's based in Holland, and I had to have that President of the Fanclub to get me a number of recordings that I hadn't had the foresight to collect myself. — Gloria Gaynor

If you get vegetables in season, the difference is remarkable compared to vegetables that might have been imported. You can't beat fresh ingredients and seasonal fresh ingredients. There's nothing quite like the taste of a beautiful summer strawberry. — William Katt

I think coexisting with another life form is a very rich experience. It's why people keep plants and animals. — Susan Orlean

I just did a dramatic love story. Whether it's a cultural phenomenon is not for me to say. — Ang Lee

War is the realm of uncertainty; three quarters of the factors on which action is based are wrapped in a fog of greater or lesser uncertainty. — Carl Von Clausewitz

The demon coughed nervously. Demons do not breathe; however, every intelligent being, whether it breathes or not, coughs nervously at some time in its life. And this was one of them as far as the demon was concerned. — Terry Pratchett

You're important to me ... I don't like being away from you. And sometimes ... you make me want to smile. — Suzanne Wright

People gonna be they own individuals and have they own worlds and I can't knock it. — Kendrick Lamar

The great uncertainty of all data in war is because all action, to a certain extent, planned in a mere twilight - like the effect of a fog - gives things exaggerated dimensions and unnatural appearance. — Carl Von Clausewitz

Sometimes the wind will take you, or sometimes the wind will carry you. — Anthony Liccione

Strictures, reproaches, and intemperate speeches from the Senator of Louisiana are really the wailings of an apostle of despair; he has lost control of himself, he is trying to play billiards with elliptical billiard balls and a spiral cue. — Huey Long

Unless you intend to kill him immediately thereafter, never kick a man in the balls. Not even symbolically. Or perhaps especially not symbolically. — Robert A. Heinlein