Native Americans had only stone and wooden weapons and no animals that could be ridden. Those military advantages repeatedly enabled troops of… — Jared Diamond Copy Share Image
“Sadly, I put my dreams to bed long before they ever had the chance to get tired.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
Shrewd and crafty politicians, when they wish to bring about an unpopular measure, must not go straight forward to work, if they… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
In the environment, every victory is temporary, every defeat permanent. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The important point was that whatever errors America had made [in Vietnam] "we are so powerful [according to Secretary Kissinger] that Hanoi… — William Shawcross Copy Share Image
Saying Good-bye to the God of Disease (1) Mauve waters and green mountains are nothing when the great ancient doctor Hua To… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
As for Christianity's alleged concern with truth, Christian faith is to free inquiry what the Mafia is to free enterprise. Christianity may… — George H. Smith Copy Share Image
War is grounded in the notion of triumph and defeat. It is zero-sum. — Bruce Jackson Copy Share Image
If you can accept defeat and open your pay envelope without feeling guilty, you're stealing. — George Allen Copy Share Image
Join us in the fight to defeat the Washington machine. It’s fun and easy to get started. You can make a difference… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
I think disease and all the things that we treat are tied to national security in a lot of ways that we… — Laura Bush Copy Share Image
Doughboy," I said. "What is this scroll?" "A spell lost in time!" he pronounced. "Ancient words of tremendous power!" "Well?" I demanded.… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
When you're doing a deal with someone in the southern Sahara, it's a very different way of doing business than in London.… — Damon Albarn Copy Share Image
To say that we have a clear conscience is to utter a solecism; had we never sinned we should have had no… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
I walked over to Drake and stomped on his foot. Hard. "What will I give you to help me? What will I… — Katie MacAlister Copy Share Image
Boxing involves the possibility of defeat, I accepted that very early on. After all, there are only two men and one of… — Lennox Lewis Copy Share Image
Against my will, I became a witness to the most terrible defeat of reason and to the most savage triumph of brutality… — Stefan Zweig Copy Share Image
Turning pro is a mindset. If we are struggling with fear, self-sabotage, procrastination, self-doubt, etc., the problem is, we're thinking like amateurs.… — Steven Pressfield Copy Share Image
In the long term, to defeat this ideology [terrorism] - and they [terrorists] are bound by an ideology - you defeat it… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
When I was a wide receiver for the Minnesota Vikings, I lost in Super Bowl XI. It was a crushing defeat. Now… — Ahmad Rashad Copy Share Image
There are three ways that men get what they want; by planning, by working, and by praying. Any great military operation takes… — George S. Patton Copy Share Image