#ego

I believe that the purpose for which I and my fellow soldiers entered upon this war should have been so clearly stated as to have made it impossible to change them, and that, had this been done, the objects which actuated us would now be attainable by negotiation. ↗

— Siegfried Sassoon

#been #believe #change #clearly #done

An animal that embarks on forming states without greatly restricting egoism will perish. ↗

— Erwin Schrodinger

#egoism #forming #greatly #perish #restricting

Negotiations are a euphemism for capitulation if the shadow of power is not cast across the bargaining table. ↗

— George Schultz

#bargaining #capitulation #cast #euphemism #negotiations

I think all the great studio filmmakers are dead or no longer working. I don't put myself, my friends, and other contemporary filmmakers in their category. I just see us doing some work. ↗

— Martin Scorsese

#contemporary #dead #doing #filmmakers #friends

If Pakistan has any ideas of annexing any part of our territories by force, she should think afresh. I want to state categorically that force will be met with force and aggression against us will never be allowed to succeed. ↗

— Lal Bahadur Shastri

#against #aggression #allowed #any #categorically

We ask them to remove the missiles deployed against Taiwan, give up their military threat, and instead let us together open the door to cross-Strait peaceful and stable dialogue and negotiations. ↗

— Chen Shui-bian

#ask #deployed #dialogue #door #give

Labels only confuse people. The smarter people recognize artists who transcend categories. But I always try to entertain. It's in my nature; writers are born to entertain. If that means working ostensibly within a genre, fine. ↗

— John Shirley

#artists #born #categories #confuse #entertain

Well I think any designer that can understand what people need to be wearing right now is the biggest and best step that you can take. Instead of putting your ego first, you put the buyer first. And I think that that's a really important thing just to know what the consumer is wanting to wear. ↗

— Jessica Simpson

#best #biggest #buyer #consumer #designer

Your political reputation affects how likely allies are to trust you, and what kind of deals they'll offer at the negotiating table. There's also some emotional response in there, so factions do bear grudges. Just like the real thing. ↗

— Mike Simpson

#allies #also #bear #deals #emotional

If the egotist is weak, his egotism is worthless. If the egotist is strong, acute, full of distinctive character, his egotism is precious, and remains a possession of the race. ↗

— Alexander Smith

#character #distinctive #egotism #egotist #full