#serving

One gets into a strange psychological, almost hypnotic, state of mind while on the firing line which probably prevents the mind's eye from observing and noticing things in a normal way. ↗

— Fritz Kreisler

#eye #firing #gets #hypnotic #into

To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace. ↗

— George Washington

#effective #means #most #peace #prepared

A writer out of loneliness is trying to communicate like a distant star sending signals. He isn't telling, or teaching, or ordering. Rather, he seeks to establish a relationship with meaning, of feeling, of observing. We are lonesome animals. We spend all our live trying to be less lonesome. And one of our ancient methods is to tell a story, begging the listener to say, and to feel, "Yes, that's the way it is, or at least that's the way I feel it. You're not as alone as you thought." To finish is sadness to a writer, a little death. He puts the last word down and it is done. But it isn't really done. The story goes on and leaves the writer behind, for no story is ever done. ↗

— John Steinbeck

#death #feel #feeling #finish #listen

We don't want a third party who may or may not have our best interests in mind or our crew members' best interests in mind because they may be serving a union of one of our competitors. They are trying to equalize us and take away our competitive advantage. ↗

— David Neeleman

#away #because #best #best interests #competitive

Today, only 2 percent of the people know the name of someone serving in uniform. That means 2 percent of your listeners can actually conjure up the image of someone wearing the uniform of the military of the United States. ↗

— Oliver North

#conjure #image #know #listeners #means

In World War II, the book you have in front of you, it was said and it is probably true, that there was not a single American who did not know the name of somebody serving in uniform. ↗

— Oliver North

#book #did #front #ii #know

It is not serving, but servility, that is menial. ↗

— Hortense Odlum

#servility #serving

I remember serving in Vietnam in that war, and many of us at the major Lieutenant Colonel, colonel level were frustrated that no one in the U.S. wanted to debate it that way. ↗

— William Odom

#debate #frustrated #i #i remember #level

Those who believe in the importance of serving others should lead the way by fighting against the temptation we all have, and maybe especially as we age, to close in upon ourselves. ↗

— Marvin Olasky

#age #believe #close #especially #fighting

And I think that we in America need to understand that many schools need improvement, and particularly with respect to how they're serving minority children. ↗

— Margaret Spellings

#children #how #i #i think #improvement