War like any other racket, pays high dividends to the very few. The cost of operations is always transferred to the people… — Smedley Butler Copy Share Image
No one told these American soldiers they might be shot down by bullets made by their own brothers here. No one told… — Smedley Butler Copy Share Image
Mangling my racket and an odd swearword on the court is not something I am proud of and it shouldn't happen, but… — Novak Djokovic Copy Share Image
For a great many years, as a soldier, I had a suspicion that war was a racket; not until I retired to… — Smedley Butler Copy Share Image
Being a Negro writer these days is a racket and I'm going to make the most of it while it lasts. About… — Wallace Thurman Copy Share Image
Sure. I’d like to live regular. Go home to a good looking wife, a hot dinner, and a husky kid. But I… — Weegee Copy Share Image
Out on the street, you never know what you're getting, and suddenly two days later you're beating yourself in the head with… — Johnny Depp Copy Share Image
In the system of chivalry, men protect women against men. This is not unlike the protection relationship which [organized crime] established with… — Susan Griffin Copy Share Image
Life is a racket. Writing is a racket. Sincerity is a racket. Everything's a racket. — Nick Tosches Copy Share Image
I went on the courts with just a ball and a racket and a hope...and that's all I had. — Serena Williams Copy Share Image
The only way to combat the murder that is war is to show the dirty combinations that make it and the criminals… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
I grew up in the 1950s at the beginning of rock n' roll, and would strum a tennis racket in front of… — Jonathan Pryce Copy Share Image
Steven Alan Green is ONE funny writer ---- Everything I read of yours makes me laugh and think - Not just the… — Taylor Negron Copy Share Image
We've created this cottage industry in which it pays to be un-objective. It pays to be subjective as much as possible. It's… — Matt Labash Copy Share Image
Where there is so much racket, there must be something out of kilter — Sojourner Truth Copy Share Image
I'm not really interested in participating in mainstream culture. Participating in the mainstream music business is, to me, like getting involved in… — Steve Albini Copy Share Image
Printing currency for foreigners to buy is the best racket a government can get into. — Lee Child Copy Share Image
It is dressed into speeches about patriotism, love of country...but the profits...skyrocket... — Smedley Butler Copy Share Image
I got my first tennis racket on my seventh birthday. And because we had a tennis court in our backyard, I played… — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share Image
I follow the teachings of Major General Smedley Darlington Butler, United States Marine Corps. He won two Congressional Medals of Honor, and… — Jesse Ventura Copy Share Image
Somebody's always getting me to come lecture to their writing class, and I don't talk about writing at all, I talk about… — Jerry Pournelle Copy Share Image