#is

It was wonderful to find America, but it would have been more wonderful to miss it. ↗

— Mark Twain

#been #find #miss #more #wonderful

No phenomenon can be isolated, but has repercussions through every aspect of our lives. We are learning that we are a fundamental part of nature's ecosystems. ↗

— Arthur Erickson

#ecosystems #every #fundamental #isolated #learning

The tourist transports his own values and demands to his destinations and implants them like an infectious disease, decimating whatever values existed before. ↗

— Arthur Erickson

#demands #destinations #disease #existed #his

I hate to hear 'Less is more.' It's a crock of crap. ↗

— R. Lee Ermey

#hate #hear #i #less #less is more

I got space from Travis Air Force Base, went back to the Philippine Islands and made it a point to meet the only American casting director in the Philippines. I was off and running. ↗

— R. Lee Ermey

#air force #american #back #base #casting

If relativism signifies contempt for fixed categories and those who claim to be the bearers of objective immortal truth, then there is nothing more relativistic than Fascist attitudes and activity. From the fact that all ideologies are of equal value, we Fascists conclude that we have the right to create our own ideology and to enforce it with all the energy of which we are capable. ↗

— Benito Mussolini

#postmodernism #attitude

What is the thread of western civilization that distinguished its course in history? It has to do with the preoccupation of western man with his outward command and his sense of superiority. ↗

— Arthur Erickson

#command #course #distinguished #his #history

Even though I disagree with many of the changes, when I see the privates graduate at the end of the day, when they walk off that drill field at the end of the ceremony, they are still fine privates; outstanding, well motivated privates. ↗

— R. Lee Ermey

#ceremony #changes #day #disagree #drill

My favorite Dominican dish to indulge in is anything with crab. ↗

— Pharrell Williams

#crab #dish #favorite #indulge

I disagree with a lot of those changes, however at the end of the day - I go down to recruit graduation at least once or twice a year. ↗

— R. Lee Ermey

#day #disagree #down #end #end of the day