In any problem where an opposing force exists and cannot be regulated, one must foresee and provide for alternative courses. Adaptability is… — B. H. Liddell Hart Copy Share Image
“In just a bony fistful of years, classical Russian food culture vanished, almost without a trace. The country's nationalistic euphoria on entering… — Anya von Bremzen Copy Share Image
We've achieved this historic progress through diplomacy, without resorting to another war in the Middle East. I want to also point out… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Thus they have an idol that they petition for victory in war; another for success in their labors; and so for everything… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Oh, dear Hazel.” Aphrodite folded her fan. “Such optimism, yet you have heartrending days ahead of you. Of course war is coming.… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Ultimate peace begins within; when we find peace within there will be no more conflict, no more occasion for war. If this… — Peace Pilgrim Copy Share Image
Neither party expected for the war, the magnitude, or the duration, which it has already attained. Neither anticipated that the cause of… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
My platitudes don't hold their interest and I can hardly blame them for that. My real stories are all out of date.… — Sara Gruen Copy Share Image
“Does it make more sense to be at war with your body or to work with it? Does it make more sense… — Stefani Ruper Copy Share Image
“I tell you, little man, life's fall guys, beaten, fleeced to the bone, sweated from time immemorial, I warn you, that when… — Louis-Ferdinand Céline Copy Share Image
For two generations up through the mid-1980s, many thought we were losing the Cold War, even in early 1989, few believed that… — Daniel Fried Copy Share Image
“Can you ever "solve" disease, unemployment, war, or any other societal herpes? Hell no. All you can hope for is to make… — Max Brooks Copy Share Image
The fundamentals for me are character and conflict. I put character first because readers will be indifferent to conflict if they are… — Lynn Coady Copy Share Image
At night my father often heard sporadic gunfire mixed in with the sound of dogs howling. If the war came closer, soon… — Dinaw Mengestu Copy Share Image
“It’s like America,” he went on. “I mean look at us, we’re always telling ourselves how peace-loving we are. ‘We’re a peace-loving… — Barry Eisler Copy Share Image
The media and politics have never allowed our people to speak through them. The absolute marginalization of the indigenous peoples is a… — Rigoberta Menchu Copy Share Image
“I’ve often let my goals supersede the journey—and the love of what I’m doing. A constant battle to stay in control, get… — Emily Giffin Copy Share Image
It is because the doctrine of human unity based on the spiritual oneness of all beings, is not propagated in the right… — Sathya Sai Baba Copy Share Image
Do not hide behind utopian logic which says that until we have the perfect security environment, nuclear disarmament cannot proceed. This is… — Ban Ki-moon Copy Share Image
You, who are on the road, must have a code that you can live by-"* You'll find universal agreement on the value… — Price Pritchett Copy Share Image
“Indeed, in the huge opening battles to come, hundreds of thousands of German youths would hurl themselves at the French, British and… — Paul Ham Copy Share Image
I'm an old guy, and I was protesting during the Vietnam War. We killed fifty Asians for every loyal American. Every artist… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“She isn't a storm or a leader or a king or a war or anyone whose life and death makes noise. The… — Helen Oyeyemi Copy Share Image
President Abbas, you've dedicated your life to advancing the Palestinian cause. Must this conflict continue for generations, or will we enable our… — Benjamin Netanyahu Copy Share Image
“Look now,' Vesna's mother continued, 'what do you know, a civil war might break out any minute: Serbs would fight with Croats,… — Slavenka Drakulić Copy Share Image
“When I consider the state of the United States of America, my primary concerns are not about the state of its economy,… — Jack Pelham Copy Share Image
“In a strange sort of way, all this illegality actually set these people free. During the war, they had only two grim… — Masaji Ishikawa Copy Share Image
I learned that a healthy society is made up of loving, trusting individuals, and that these individuals in turn protect their environment,… — Robin Lim Copy Share Image
One of my biggest regrets was the fact that as an institution and an international community we could not stop the war… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
“The first stone, thrown by Hellgiver, crashed through the roof of a dyer's house close to St Brieuc's church and took off… — Bernard Cornwell Copy Share Image
“They exchanged notes, like children. My grandfather made his out of newspaper clippings and dropped them in her woven baskets, into which… — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
“What the hell do you know about what we lost?! You think we had it easy? That we had it better than… — Rick Remender Copy Share Image
“I read about it in Buck Up, Suck Up . . . and Come Back When You Foul Up: 12 Winning Secrets… — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share Image
People often tell me how much they love the digital skies that we obviously painted for 'War Horse.' Well, there's not a… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
The lessons that it teaches are fundamentally the lessons that all great battles teach That even the most carefully prepared plans often… — Otto Friedrich Copy Share Image
The Second World War had really devastating effects for much of Europe. It really didn't take them very long to reconstruct state… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“More African American adults are under correctional control today – in prison or jail, on probation or parole – than were enslaved… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
“Sunset encroached upon daylight like a powder burst from the mouth of a crimson cannon—orange and gold ribbons shot forth to wage… — Marsha Ward Copy Share Image
We should understand the limitations of war. We should understand the sacrifices our young men and women go through losing lives and… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
We think it hugely important to support young artists, there is a war against that kind of artistry, that kind of creation...When… — Will Smith Copy Share Image
