Military Godfather Quotes & Sayings

Some libertarians use the example of Drachten, a town in the Netherlands, in which a dream experiment was conducted. All street signs were removed. The deregulation led to an increase in safety, confirming the antifragility of attention at work, how it is whetted by a sense of danger and responsibility. As a result, many German and Dutch towns have reduced the number of street signs. We saw a version of the Drachten effect in Chapter 2 in the discussion of the automation of planes, which produces the exact opposite effect than what is intended by making pilots lose alertness. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Many individuals are doing what they can. But real success can only come if there is a change in our societies and in our economics and in our politics. — David Attenborough

I am Poseidon, EARTH SHAKER, RULER OF THE BOUNDLESS SEA, CREATOR OF STORMS, SWALLOWER OF SHIPS — George O'Connor

Many search for happiness as we look for a hate we wear on our heads. — Nikolaus Lenau

The only true voyage of discovery ... would be not to visit strange lands, but to possess other eyes, to behold the universe through the eyes of another, of a hundred others, to behold the hundred universes that each of them beholds, that each of them is. — Marcel Proust

My own skin-care ritual is quite simple and straightforward; I don't like a lot of fuss, surprisingly. My products are designed to make you look and feel better. I think there are a lot of men out there who want and need the same products. — Tom Ford

Martin Williams persistently gets at essences, and that is why he has contributed so much to the very small body of authentic jazz criticism. — Nat Hentoff

Maneuvering with an army is advantageous; with an undisciplined multitude, most dangerous. — Sun Tzu

An economy growing at 7 percent per year, can and must find the resources to improve the lives of its millions of poor. — Sonia Gandhi

False humility is better than no humility at all. — Paul Krassner