Quote by Mark Bowden Download Open image ““Beware of men with theories that explain everything.”” — Mark Bowden ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.7 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“Beware of men with theories that explain everything. Trust those who approach the world with humility and cautious insight. The” — Mark Bowden Copy Share Image
“the fundamental things in a man are not the things he explains, but rather the things he forgets to explain.” — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“Human beings always want explanations. They have to know everything about everything and they have to know it immediately.” — Steven Cooper Copy Share Image
“I’m not going to force some theory on a mystery and make foolishness of it, just because that is what people who talk about… — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
“Men who are certain of everything—well perhaps they're not men at all.” — Mark Lawrence Copy Share Image
“...explaining men still assume I am, in some sort of obscene impregnation metaphor, an empty vessel to be filled with their wisdom and knowledge.” — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
“I don't believe I will ever understand men. The more I learn about them, the less they make sense” — sylvia day Copy Share Image
“...but he is a man, hence cannot see how tiresome it is to have explained at length what one has already fully understood.” — Diane Setterfield Copy Share Image
“It is human nature to concoct explanations to fill the great void of the unknown.” — Rae Carson Copy Share Image
“It was terribly risky, maybe even hopeless. But one or two properly armed, well-trained soldiers could hold off an undisciplined mob indefinitely. Shughart and… — Mark Bowden Copy Share Image
“Thomas Paine’s The Crisis—“These are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the… — Mark Bowden Copy Share Image
“Steele gave the unapologetic impression that he could break you with his bare hands if it weren’t for his strict devotion to Jesus and… — Mark Bowden Copy Share Image
“In April 1967, Johnson had dispatched General Creighton Abrams to Vietnam as Westy’s deputy. Abrams, a famous tank commander in World War II, had… — Mark Bowden Copy Share Image
“Westin celebrated the New Year by shooting off some hand flares. Orders were “no fireworks,” but you couldn’t expect several hundred thousand men in… — Mark Bowden Copy Share Image
“the Tet surprise was regarded by Westy as proof of Hanoi’s weakness. Nowhere in his understanding of the war was there room for the… — Mark Bowden Copy Share Image
“Hanoi’s leaders were virtuoso songbirds of propaganda. They lived in a bubble. There were no voices of dissent in their society to check or… — Mark Bowden Copy Share Image
“The fifty-three-year-old former Eagle Scout from South Carolina didn’t drink, smoke, or swear; the most colorful expletive in his vocabulary was “dad gum.”7 He… — Mark Bowden Copy Share Image
“The smallest pleasure, like a mouthful of canned fruit or the chance to bathe in an ice-cold river, was a luxury, something to be… — Mark Bowden Copy Share Image
“There were none of the card games marines usually played in downtimes. They were too tired to concentrate, and poker was serious business.” — Mark Bowden Copy Share Image
“Opposition to the war was becoming fashionable. Popular figures—intellectuals, athletes, musicians—stepped up to announce their opposition” — Mark Bowden Copy Share Image
“To me the way they were used, particularly the way their idealism and loyalty were exploited by leaders who themselves had lost faith in… — Mark Bowden Copy Share Image
