Konnten Wir Quotes & Sayings

A commander should have a profound understanding of human nature, the knack of smoothing out troubles, the power of winning affection while communicating energy, and the capacity for ruthless determination where require by circumstances. He needs to generate an electrifying current, and to keep a cool head in applying it. — B.H. Liddell Hart

We must make haste then, not only because we are daily nearer to death, but also because the conception of things and the understanding of them cease first. — Marcus Aurelius

Jacob didn't want to coerce or be coerced, but what was he supposed to do? Sit on his hands waiting for his grandfather to shatter his hip and die in a hospital room as every abandoned old person is destined to do? — Jonathan Safran Foer

It is only with government help - in the form of subsidies, restrictions on potential rivals, and the like - that business can "exploit" the public in any meaningful sense. That — Thomas E. Woods Jr.

I feel like my responsibility as an actor is to make characters as compelling and believable as possible. — Kevin Bacon

Of course voting is useful. But then again, I don't put a big glow to it. Voting is about as essential as washing yourself. It's something you're supposed to do. Now, you can't go around bragging, expecting to get props because you voted. That's stupid. — Chuck D

I knew I loved it because I could take the failures. I was like a professional fighter - they're beat 20 times in a row and they just want that one win. — Pat Cooper

I don't actually have anything against anybody, unless their belief precludes everybody else's ... I am an atheist and an absurdist and I have been for many years. I've actually taken a huge amount of flack for that. — Joss Whedon

And yet, we know how fatal the pursuit of liveliness may be: it may result in ... tiresome acrobatics ... Flashy effects distract the mind. They destroy their persuasiveness; you would not believe a man was very intent on ploughing a furrow if he carried a hoop with him and jumped through it at every other step ... When virtuosity gets the upper hand of your theme, or is better than your idea, it is time to quit. — Katherine Anne Porter

I used to get bummed out when it rained; then I realized that it's God's way of washing off hippies. — Demetri Martin

If you cannot see where you are going, ask someone who has been there before. — J. Loren Norris