#not

I think we have the wrong notion of commercial and intellectual or artistic film. Because all films are commercial. ↗

— Luc Besson

#because #commercial #film #films #i

The common question that gets asked in business is, 'why?' That's a good question, but an equally valid question is, 'why not?' ↗

— Jeff Bezos

#business #common #equally #gets #good

We cannot fight new wars with old weapons. ↗

— Vinoba Bhave

#fight #new #old #wars #we cannot

I think that what's perceived as punk out in shopping malls or in chain stores or on MTV has almost nothing to do with what punk is about. ↗

— Jello Biafra

#almost #chain #i #i think #malls

The problem is that you cannot prove yourself against someone who is much weaker than yourself. ↗

— Martin Van Creveld

#cannot #much #problem #prove #someone

Compromise, n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary the satisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and is deprived of nothing except what was justly his due. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#adversary #compromise #conflicting #deprived #due

Admiration, n. Our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#another #our #ourselves #polite #recognition

Witticism. A sharp and clever remark, usually quoted and seldom noted; what the Philistine is pleased to call a joke. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#clever #joke #noted #philistine #pleased

As costs mount, in lives and dollars, it is natural to second guess, but one lesson I hope we have learned is that the U.S. cannot go it alone in a policy that leaves American troops taking all the risk and American taxpayers paying all of the costs. ↗

— John Spratt

#american #american taxpayers #american troops #cannot #costs

I never admire another's fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

#another #became #dissatisfied #fortune #i