#ak

A few regular troops from old France, weakened by hunger and sickness, who, when fresh, were unable to withstand the British soldiers, are their general's chief dependence. ↗

— James Wolfe

#chief #dependence #few #france #fresh

The impossibility of a retreat makes no difference in the situation of men resolved to conquer or die; and, believe me, my friends, if your conquest could be bought with the blood of your general, he would most cheerfully resign a life which he has long devoted to his country. ↗

— James Wolfe

#blood #bought #cheerfully #conquer #conquest

Well the specific role of the World Bank is to be ready with financial assistance immediately after this emergency takes place because you need to reconnect water, you need to reconnect power, you need roads, you need bridges, and that has to be done urgently. ↗

— James Wolfensohn

#assistance #bank #because #bridges #done

I say this quite deliberately, this is the finest Shakespearean performance I've seen. ↗

— Donald Wolfit

#finest #i #performance #quite #say

No man chooses evil because it is evil; he only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks. ↗

— Mary Wollstonecraft

#chooses #evil #good #happiness #man

I think it's a mistake to rely too much on any one economic factor. It's why investors try to spread their portfolio round. ↗

— Paul Wolfowitz

#economic #factor #i #i think #investors

It's taken folk a while to come around, hasn't it? Even the boys in the band weren't too sure about the whole art thing. They just wanted me to concentrate on the music. But they respect it now. ↗

— Ron Wood

#around #art #band #come #concentrate

Our constituents did not send us to Washington to shut down the government. They sent us here to make it more accountable. ↗

— Steve Womack

#constituents #did #down #government #here

It's a mystery to me what makes people laugh. ↗

— Kristen Wiig

#makes #me #mystery #people

To this congress the poet speaks not of peculiar and personal things, but of what in himself is most common, most anonymous, most fundamental, most true of all men. ↗

— Richard Wilbur

#common #congress #fundamental #himself #men