Carl von Clausewitz Quotes

War is not merely a political act but a real political instrument, a continuation of political intercourse, a carrying out of the same by other means.

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• I don't get controversial, I don't get political and I don't tell you what to do with your life. I just go out there and tell some stories, and people can relate.

  

  Gabriel Iglesias
  • People
  • Life
  • Political

• No man ever prayed heartily without learning something.

  

  Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Man
  • Learning
  • Something

• How do you play 'righteous'? Do you just kind of stand up straighter? What does that mean as an actor? You don't really play a quality.

  

  Oscar Isaac
  • Up
  • Quality
  • Stand

• I don't do detoxes or cleanses; they don't really work for me.

  

  Taylor Schilling
  • Work
  • Me
  • Really

• Catalan citizens are peaceful, European, and open-minded. We want to contribute to better international and European governance.

  

  Carles Puigdemont
  • Want
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• Relationships, like cars, should undergo regular services to make sure they are still roadworthy.

  

  Zygmunt Bauman
  • Like
  • Relationships
  • Sure

• I think that it's important for every single person, no matter what they do in life, to participate in the well-being of humanity and the planet. Don't let a year go by knowing you didn't make an effort to do something - no matter how small - outside your own problems and drama.

  

  Salma Hayek
  • Life
  • Important
  • Small

• I got addicted to Tetris, playing it in my basement, I was missing all these airplane flights over it. After the fourth one that I missed, I realized I needed to get rid of this thing - so ever since then, I don't play video games any more.

  

  Bam Margera
  • Play
  • Missing
  • Airplane

• Your private life is really very important for you. You know, all of us, you know.

  

  Yoko Ono
  • Life
  • Important
  • Know

• Over 120 Aboriginal communities run their own health services - some have been doing so for 30 years. They struggle with difficult medical problems. They also try to deal with counselling, stolen generations issues, family relationships, violence, suicide prevention.

  

  Malcolm Fraser
  • Family
  • Health
  • Violence

• I'm a huge historical fiction and non-fiction fan.

  

  Gale Anne Hurd
  • Fiction
  • Fan
  • Historical

• I was an avid reader, but never thought seriously about writing a novel until I was in my thirties. I took no formal fiction-writing courses and never thought about these categories when I wrote my first novel.

  

  M. J. Rose
  • Writing
  • Thought
  • Seriously

• The biggest rival I had in my career was me. I couldn't control Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Tom Watson or Lee Trevino. The only person I could control was me.

  

  Jack Nicklaus
  • Career
  • Control
  • Person

• I was real into Devo, Pavement, Captain Beefheart, and the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion.

  

  Patrick Carney The Black Keys
  • Real
  • Blues
  • Captain

• Most Indians go into education. Their parents just push them into education like parents in Australia push them into sports.

  

  Mahesh Bhupathi
  • Parents
  • Education
  • Sports

• Scientists at MIT and engineering schools all across America say that they could improve the fuel economy standards for the existing set of vehicles by 10 miles per gallon using existing technology, without compromising safety or comfort at all.

  

  Ed Markey
  • America
  • Technology
  • Safety

• I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.

  

  Randy Quaid
  • Alone
  • Space
  • Creative

• I think it would have been a lot better for him to say, I did it and I'm sorry, McGwire was never one to show a lot of emotion on the field, not a player who sought attention and craved to be thought of as a nice guy.

  

  Fay Vincent
  • Guy
  • Attention
  • Nice

• We are not won by arguments that we can analyse but by tone and temper, by the manner which is the man himself.

  

  Samuel Butler
  • Man
  • Himself
  • Tone

• I don't care what people think. people are stupid.

  

  Charles Barkley
  • People
  • Stupid

• It's so funny that people think I actually ran for President. I am maybe the most un-political person you're ever going to meet. When I put 'Elected' out, it was definitely a satire ... 'Alice Cooper for President' ... when everybody realized I was running against Nixon, you known, even on a joke level, I think I got a lot of write-in votes.

  

  Alice Cooper
  • People
  • Political
  • Funny

• I'm a real person, and I'm angry. I'm trying to use this celebrity thing to get people some help. AIDS, poverty, racism - I want to be one of the hands that helps stop all that. I'll put it on my shoulders. I'll charge it to my account.

  

  Jamie Foxx
  • People
  • Real
  • Trying

• War is not merely a political act but a real political instrument, a continuation of political intercourse, a carrying out of the same by other means.

  

  Carl von Clausewitz
  • Real
  • War
  • Political