George S. Patton Quotes

Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do, and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.

George S. Patton

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• I have always said that often the religion you were born with becomes more important to you as you see the universality of truth.

  

  Ram Dass
  • Important
  • Truth
  • Religion

• To me, 'The End of the Jews' - both the title and the novel itself - is about the end of pat, uncritical ways of understanding oneself in the world.

  

  Adam Mansbach
  • World
  • Understanding
  • End

• Clark Gable seemed fascinating all his life because there wasn't so much information about him. Today, you're on television all the time.

  

  A. Scott Berg
  • Life
  • Time
  • Today

• The great object is that every man be armed.

  

  Patrick Henry
  • Great
  • War
  • Man

• I actually started in comedy, but then after 'Deadwood' I started concentrating on the dramas more. But then I just got tired for raping and killing and figured, 'It's time to do another comedy.'

  

  Garret Dillahunt
  • Time
  • Comedy
  • Tired

• Throw off your worries when you throw off your clothes at night.

  

  Napoleon Bonaparte
  • Night
  • You
  • Clothes

• Now we have new tools for exploring the deep and have to pull together a deep exploration program that takes advantage of them.

  

  Edith Widder
  • Together
  • Deep
  • Tools

• When in doubt, do it.

  

  Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
  • Doubt
  • When In Doubt

• I never had to look for confidence because I just wore what I wanted to wear. I would never wear anything to offend my husband or my mother, but outside of that, I always figured, I hope I'm not a rebel, and I hope everybody liked it. And if they didn't like it, it really was not going to disturb me because it was their problem, not mine.

  

  Iris Apfel
  • Mother
  • Hope
  • Confidence

• I have done my time living on the run. I'm British and I want to come home.

  

  Gary Glitter
  • Time
  • Done
  • Home

• I stay away from the elf roles; I stay away from playing a leprechaun. All the roles I try to do are something that an average actor would do.

  

  Verne Troyer
  • Something
  • Try
  • Average

• The problem is that you can't really read a script saying, 'Hmmm, I'll just see what this is.' You have to go right into it; you have to get engaged with it, and once you are engaged, you want to do it! It's really difficult to get uninvolved.

  

  Mads Mikkelsen
  • Want
  • Problem
  • Saying

• Traditional broadcast media seems old-fashioned and vague to me. When I watch television news, I'm aware of what skilled journalists they are, but I find it hard because of the corny way they present it.

  

  Ira Glass
  • Me
  • Present
  • Television

• Even the bad things are better than they used to be. Bad music, for instance, has gotten much briefer. Wagner's Ring Cycle takes four days to perform while 'Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm' by the Crash Test Dummies lasts little more than three minutes.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • Music
  • Bad

• I don't want expensive gifts; I don't want to be bought. I have everything I want. I just want someone to be there for me, to make me feel safe and secure.

  

  Princess Diana

• I think if the United States gave anything to culture at large in the 20th century, the most important contribution made was the popular song.

  

  Linda Ronstadt
  • Important
  • Song
  • Culture

• We do have the power to save one another...

  

  Gloria Estefan Miami Sound Machine
  • Power
  • Have

• ...We can work it out. Life is very short, and there's no time for fussing and fighting, my friend.

  

  Paul McCartney Paul McCartney and Wings
  • Life
  • Time
  • Work

• I never promise a woman anything nor let her know what I'm going to give her. That's the only way to manage them. Always keep them guessing. If you cant think of any other way to surprise them, give them a bust in the jaw.

  

  William Faulkner
  • Promise
  • Surprise
  • Manage

• The world is a diamond cut from our surprise.

  

  Ben Weaver
  • Surprise
  • Diamond
  • Cut

• The human mind is itself a miraculous machine. I am writing right now, but I have no idea how this is happening. I know that my brain is composed of a cerebrum, a cerebellum, and a medulla oblongata, but these are just words. I know that electrical impulses are involved somehow, but that is about the extent of my understanding of the mechanics. And while I at least have an intuition as to how an airplane works, I really have none with respect to my brain. Frankly, lots of what appears on my computer screen is as much a surprise to me as it is to you. I certainly never expected over my oatmeal and English muffin this morning to be writing about Bernoulli's principle today. For that matter, I have no idea why I like English muffins. But I do.

  

  Evan Mandery
  • Surprise
  • Machine
  • Human Mind

• I'm not interested in making all-black films - I come from a very diverse culture; I want to work with every type of person. I work a lot with women executives because they seem to be a lot more open minded about that and a lot more progressive in that way.

  

  Idris Elba
  • Work
  • Women
  • Black

• The greatest victory is the one over oneself.

  

  Gautama Buddha
  • Victory
  • One

• Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do, and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.

  

  George S. Patton
  • Surprise
  • To Do
  • Ingenuity