#ff

War is an instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong; and multiplies, instead of indemnifying losses. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#inefficient #instead #instrument #losses #multiplies

The Creator has not thought proper to mark those in the forehead who are of stuff to make good generals. We are first, therefore, to seek them blindfold, and then let them learn the trade at the expense of great losses. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#expense #first #forehead #generals #good

I would gladly do it but I am suffering from social phobia. I cannot manage being in a crowd of people. ↗

— Elfriede Jelinek

#being #cannot #crowd #gladly #i

I am utterly struck how, 300 years after his execution, Christianity became the official religion of the Roman Empire. ↗

— Peter Jennings

#am #became #christianity #empire #execution

I'm not a slave to objectivity. I'm never quite sure what it means. And it means different things to different people. ↗

— Peter Jennings

#different people #different things #i #means #never

But Buddy was an upper. He was happy. He loved music, and he was really happy. I don't know... I don't believe in reincarnation at all, but if all that stuff is true, then he might have been on his last time around. ↗

— Waylon Jennings

#been #believe #buddy #happy #his

A friend is long sought, hardly found, and with difficulty kept. ↗

— St. Jerome

#found #friend #hardly #kept #long

Def Leppard is obviously a different band that we are, but the music work well tighter. And the audiences seem work well together too. We are opening, but we're having a good time. ↗

— Joan Jett

#band #def #different #good #good time

For me the challenge isn't to be different but to be consistent. ↗

— Joan Jett

#challenge #consistent #different #me

I've been doing this stuff for so long it's the one aspect of my life that I've paid attention to and really sort of not paid attention to the rest of it. ↗

— Joan Jett

#attention #been #doing #i #life