Turris Omnia Quotes & Sayings

You need to put drones under control; you need to lay out certain rules of engagement in order to prevent or minimize collateral casualties. It is extremely important. — Vladimir Putin

The deepest roots of this modern shift are twofold: in epistemology, the romanticist advocacy of feeling as superior to reason; in ethics, the altruist advocacy of others as superior to self. The result is a view of morality in which the ruling standard is: the feelings of others. — Leonard Peikoff

Oh, diplomacy," said M.D., in his element, "it mops up war's spillages; legitimizes its outcomes; gives the strong state the means to impose its will on a weaker one, while saving its fleets and battalions for weightier opponents. — David Mitchell

It's not visual. He's not. You know him by his work, for one thing, and that part is visual, I suppose, isn't it? The sky, moon, stars, and trees, all those exotic colors you're apt to see in birds' feathers. When you look at a painting, you don't try to visualize the artist, do you? But you know somebody painted it or it wouldn't be there. — Vicki Covington

the problem of gender identity is our evasion of the implications of power and our may-I-say-"feminine" inclinations to make nice. War is not nice. — June Jordan

I did a great deal of research to write 'The Irish Duke.' Since all the people in this Lords of the Realm series are real historical characters, everything had to be authentic. I researched Woburn Abbey, where my heroine lived, and everything about Barons Court in Ireland, which was the ancestral home of Abercorn. — Virginia Henley

A slick ponytail is a great way to add a modern, minimal look to your outfit. — Brad Goreski

Don't be a cynic, and bewail and bemoan. Omit the negative propositions. Don't waste yourself in rejection, nor bark against the bad, but chant the beauty of the good. Set down nothing that will help somebody. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

There is only one thing that has power completely, and that is love. — Alan Paton

A river is the cosiest of friends. You must love it and live with it before you can know it. — George William Curtis

En Ma Fin Est Ma Commencement - In my end is my beginning. — Philippa Gregory

Our meddling intellect Misshapes the beauteous forms of things We murder to dissect — William Wordsworth

Approach your business partners with concepts that they can get their heads around, and try to respond to their needs. — Chad Hurley