#off

The one effective method of defending one's own territory from an offensive by air is to destroy the enemy's air power with the greatest possible speed. ↗

— Giulio Douhet

#defending #destroy #effective #enemy #greatest

My dear colleague James Hansen, I believe, has finally gone off the deep end... The global warming 'time bomb,' 'disastrous climate changes that spiral dynamically out of humanity's control.' These are the words of an apocalyptic prophet, not a rational scientist. ↗

— Nicholas Drapela

#bomb #changes #climate #colleague #control

Once you succeed in tennis, financially you become quite well off. ↗

— Stefan Edberg

#financially #off #once #quite #succeed

Look, all administrations, all governments lie, all officials lie and nothing they say is to be believed. That's a pretty good rule. ↗

— Daniel Ellsberg

#good #governments #lie #look #nothing

The bosses of our mass media, press, radio, film and television, succeed in their aim of taking our minds off disaster. Thus, the distraction they offer demands the antidote of maximum concentration on disaster. ↗

— Ernst Fischer

#antidote #bosses #concentration #demands #disaster

You must learn to talk clearly. The jargon of scientific terminology which rolls off your tongues is mental garbage. ↗

— Martin H. Fischer

#garbage #jargon #learn #mental #must

Schools that are to cater for the whole population must offer courses that are as rich and varied as are the needs and abilities of the children who enter them. ↗

— Peter Fraser

#children #courses #enter #must #needs

The safest course for public officials is simply to throw all of the money in a sack. ↗

— Dave Freudenthal

#money #officials #public #public officials #sack

Take pride in your work at all times. Remember, respect for an umpire is created off the field as well as on. ↗

— Ford Frick

#field #off #pride #remember #respect

When my writing really started to take off was when I made a decision that I would write only what I wanted to write, and if 10 people wanted to hear it, that's fine. ↗

— David Friedman

#fine #hear #i #made #off