#orc

I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable. There is something unfair about its use. It is hitting below the intellect. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#below #brute #brute force #force #hitting

The use and threat of force, when world peace is not in danger, are no longer valid frames of reference for achieving the ends sought today by sovereign nations. ↗

— Carlos Salinas

#danger #ends #force #frames #longer

Yes, we've seen it all before. And yes, those who do not study history are condemned to repeat it. But no, the sky is not falling - baseball is such a great game that neither the owners nor the players can kill it. After some necessary carnage, market forces will prevail. ↗

— John Thorn

#baseball #before #carnage #condemned #falling

Don't fight forces, use them. ↗

— R. Buckminster Fuller

#forces #them #use

I can say unequivocally that the boycott does not work. It's never complete enough to have impact unless it's backed by force, and I don't think anybody in America seriously proposes that. ↗

— Helen Suzman

#anybody #backed #boycott #complete #does

Brains, integrity, and force may be all very well, but what you need today is Charm. Go ahead and work on your economic programs if you want to, I'll develop my radio personality. ↗

— Gracie Allen

#brains #charm #develop #economic #force

The mercy caravans are through there the medicine refugees flowing out. It makes the United States look very bad here. And much more like an occupation force than it did before. ↗

— Jon Lee Anderson

#before #did #flowing #force #here

Divorce isn't just the person, it's everything that goes with it - your kids, the adjustment, everything. ↗

— Peter Andre

#divorce #everything #goes #just #kids

Television is much more difficult because at every moment the network can force you to change things based on their belief about what would make it popular. You're in a constant debate with a gun at your head, and the gun is cancellation. So it's hard to win the arguments. ↗

— Judd Apatow

#based #because #belief #cancellation #change

The war we are fighting today against terrorism is a multifaceted fight. We have to use every tool in our toolkit to wage this war - diplomacy, finance, intelligence, law enforcement, and of course, military power - and we are developing new tools as we go along. ↗

— Richard Armitage

#along #course #developing #diplomacy #enforcement