#gains

We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. ↗

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

#against #complex #guard #influence #military-industrial

If we were brought to trial for the crimes we have committed against ourselves, few would escape the gallows. ↗

— Paul Eldridge

#brought #committed #crimes #escape #few

We may be up against a stone wall, but we don't have to bloody our heads against it unless we choose to. ↗

— William Glasser

#bloody #choose #heads #may #our

I'm a romantic; a sentimental person thinks things will last, a romantic person hopes against hope that they won't. ↗

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

#against #hope #hopes #i #last

Baseball was socially relevant, and so was my rebellion against it. ↗

— Curt Flood

#baseball #rebellion #relevant #socially

That's why we're doing this, to defend our traditions a little. I don't have anything against it (Halloween), but it's not our tradition. ↗

— Fernando Flores

#anything #defend #doing #halloween #i

Nature generally struggles against this treatment for a while, until her powers seem in a great measure exhausted, when she quietly yields to the power of the art. ↗

— Robert Fortune

#art #exhausted #generally #great #her

When you reach that elite level, 90 percent is mental and 10 percent is physical. You are competing against yourself. Not against the other athlete. ↗

— Dick Fosbury

#athlete #competing #elite #level #mental

Most artists have experienced the creative block. We get stuck in our work. We beat our head against the wall: nothing. Sometimes, it is because we are trying something at the wrong time. ↗

— Lukas Foss

#artists #beat #because #block #creative

Mr. Speaker, on September 11, 2001, the United States was attacked, and Britain stood with us. This was not only an attack against America, but against the civilized world; and Britain understood this. ↗

— Vito Fossella

#america #attack #attacked #britain #civilized