Phyllis Schlafly Quotes
The purpose of our military is to field the finest troops possible to defend our nation and win wars.
Quotes to Explore
-
With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.
-
If I had undertaken the practical direction of military operations, and anything went amiss, I feared that my conscience would torture me, as guilty of the fall of my country, as I had not been familiar with military tactics.
-
A noble purpose inspires sacrifice, stimulates innovation and encourages perseverance.
-
Myth is an attempt to narrate a whole human experience, of which the purpose is too deep, going too deep in the blood and soul, for mental explanation or description.
-
Natural resources must be so distributed, by way of auction or otherwise, that they serve a larger public purpose.
-
I was taught to value hard work. At the end of day, I'm just Olivia.
-
That's the great thing about G.I. Joe: it's essentially superheroes, but it's military based - and it's based in reality.
-
We live in a free world, so everyone can say whatever.
-
Fifty-nine cents. For years, I wore a button - '59 cents.' Many of my colleagues wore it also. The purpose was so that people would come up and ask, 'What does '59 cents' mean?' One could then launch into a discussion about how women working full time in the U.S. earn 59 cents for every dollar earned by men.
-
If I really had to pinpoint my happiest days out of the United States, I'd choose those Fifties military days in Britain, particularly my time in South Ruislip. I had a ball.
-
The 'Dog's Purpose' premise has gotten me so many emails and comments from people who say that their dog is so much like one they had when they were young or years before, that it seems like the truth. The idea that you would come across an old friend later in life.
-
I was a pretty angry kid, and I got into military history largely as a way to vent my own anger. As I got older it narrowed down to a more specific focus on individual violence. I'm just trying to understand where it came from.
-
Left to me, the whole purpose of government is for the security of the citizens, like the security of lives and property.
-
In the New Yorker library, I have long been shelved between Nadine Gordimer and Brendan Gill; an eerie little space nestled between high seriousness of purpose and legendary lightness of touch.
-
When Arab apologists wring their hands over an Israeli military incursion, they never mention what the Israelis are reacting to, or else diminish and distort it.
-
My dear Excellency! I have not gone to war to collect cheese and eggs, but for another purpose.
-
There is no better way to make peace than to talk in each other's home. Avoiding such talks is a denial of the purpose of the negotiations.
-
The fame and the money and all that stuff that comes along with it is all great, but that's not the sole purpose of why I make music.
-
It is precisely the purpose of the public opinion generated by the press to make the public incapable of judging, to insinuate into it the attitude of someone irresponsible, uninformed.
-
Now, there are some who question the scale of our ambitions - who suggest that our system cannot tolerate too many big plans. Their memories are short. For they have forgotten what this country has already done; what free men and women can achieve when imagination is joined to common purpose, and necessity to courage.
-
There isn't anything I don't eat, although I'm not too keen on creepy crawly things. Other than that, I'm quite adventurous. I like all types of red meat, and I'm not a fussy eater at all.
-
There's an inherent contradiction between appreciating the beauty of clothes and creativity and individuality, and the waste around the ideas of trends and seasons.
-
Even on my films, I always collaborate with the actors. That's a given. I think you need that. You need the actors to feel as much ownership of the performance and the direction of the story as you do, to get the most out of everyone's potential.
-
The purpose of our military is to field the finest troops possible to defend our nation and win wars.
