Baghdad Quote by Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf

“when people encounter a significant threat, a response called “threat rigidity” sets in. The instinct of threat rigidity is to cease being flexible and…

— Clayton M. Christensen

“Normal kids are turned into Borribles very slowly, almost without being aware of it; but one day they wake up and there it is.…

— Michael De Larrabeiti

This boa, the American columns, are being besieged between Basra and other towns north, west, south and west of Basra. The Americans are the…

— Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf

This boa, the American columns, are being besieged between Basra and other towns north, west, south and west of Basra… Now even the American…

— Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf

When the enemy advances, withdraw; when he stops, harass; when he tires, strike; when he retreats, pursue.

— Anonymous

Extremism. It is an almost infallible sign — a kind of death-rattle — when a human institution is forced by its members into stressing…

— John Brunner

The natural hostility of beasts is laid aside when flying from pursuers; so also when danger is impending the enmity of rivals is ended.

— J. K. Bharavi

In nature things move violently to their place, and calmly in their place.

— Francis Bacon

Aggressiveness is the principal guarantor of survival.

— Robert Ardrey

One who rushes madly after inordinate desire, runs the risk of encountering destruction and death.

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

When people feel threatened by you, they find something that is belittling.

— Bruno Tonioli

two powerful, opposing forces - one seducing people to eat and the other telling them they are failures if they do - create heartache…

— Emme