Rideemaliyadda Quotes & Sayings

A prince ought to have no other aim or thought, nor select anything else for his study, than war and its rules and discipline; for this is the sole art that belongs to him who rules, and it is of such force that it not only upholds those who are born princes, but it often enables men to rise from a private station to that rank. And, on the contrary, it is seen that when princes have thought more of ease than of arms they have lost their states. And the first cause of your losing it is to neglect this art; and what enables you to acquire a state is to be master of the art. — Niccolo Machiavelli

If I could do my life over, I would try to cleanse at least my pleasures of self-pity. — Mason Cooley

A battle avoided cannot be lost. — Sun Tzu

Sadly, some folks don't live . . . they merely exist. — Frank Sonnenberg

in 2008, shortly after being elected President, Barack Obama demonstrated to many academics and doctors that he had a clear understanding of the deep problems in health care, by committing to spend $1 billion on head-to-head trials of commonly used treatments, in order to find out which is best. In return he was derided by right-wing critics as 'anti-industry'. — Ben Goldacre

Everyone talks about snows forty foot deep, and how the ice wind comes howling out of the north, but the real enemy is the cold. — George R R Martin

Whether you like me or you don't, I still dig showing up for work. — John Cena