Carl von Clausewitz Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
Who are we? We find that we live on an insignificant planet of a humdrum star lost in a galaxy tucked away in some forgotten corner of a universe in which there are far more galaxies than people.
-
I don't think there's any dearth of talent in India - we've always had the best juniors in the world.
-
I found it peculiar that those who wanted to take military action could - with 100 per cent certainty - know that the weapons existed and turn out to have zero knowledge of where they were.
-
I believe in helping young people rock causes they care about because I was one of those young people... a long time ago.
-
When I arrived at Barcelona, I was following a dream, but I now realize sometimes it's better to be content with what you have rather than follow a dream which nearly kills you.
-
It took me years of attempts and failed drafts before I finally wrote the elegies I needed to write.
-
D.C. is where I started. That's home for me. I always love coming back to the area. They treat me so well, and people show up. They're excited and claim me as their own. I love it.
-
The mainstream sort of presentation of the civil rights movement was not something that I directly inherited.
-
It is a matter of simple fact that Icelanders have always been notoriously indolent.
-
In the 1990s, it's OK to do comedy about the Chernobyl disaster or the Space Shuttle blowing up. It's acceptable to ridicule the Pope or the President of the United States, but God forbid you do a joke... about gays. The gay community is the last sacred cow in this society.
-
You've got to live in the moment. When it's over, it's over.
-
Achievement results from work realizing ambition.
-
Life rarely presents fully finished photographs. An image evolves, often from a single strand of visual interest - a distant horizon, a moment of light, a held expression.
-
Even the worst Bond movies, there's something to love about them.
-
Working on 'Girls' opened up a lot of opportunity for me. It's like a dream job. It's a dream.
-
Because Islam in its original form was tough and hard, not weak and pliable.
-
Culture constitutes an essential element of social and political liberation. As people rise up across the Middle East and North Africa, the diversity of their cultures is not only the means but also the ultimate goal of their liberation and their freedom.
-
It's an unfortunate reality of life that toxins are constantly building up in our bodies.
-
If you believe you are right, or you believe you are wrong, you're right. Whenever you are certain about it, you will support it. Remember that.
-
Nobody understood better than Mr. Lincoln the obvious truth that in politics it does not suffice merely to nominate candidates. Something must also be done to elect them.
-
Thomas Piketty assembles the facts to prove a central point about trickle-down economics: Doesn't work. Never did. He has cold, hard data showing how the rich keep getting richer and how the playing field is rigged against working families.
-
In my mind, I've never lost a fight.
-
Before I begin talking about the threats we face, the vulnerabilities that we have, and frankly the courage of the men and women in uniform that stand in harm's way on behalf of a very grateful Nation, let me first honor the sacrifices of September 11.
-
Courage, above all things, is the first quality of a warrior.
