#stand

The art of coalition command - whether it is here in Afghanistan, whether it was in Iraq or in Bosnia or in Haiti - is to take the resources you are provided with, understand what the strengths and weaknesses are and to employ them to the best overall effect. ↗

— David Petraeus

#art #best #bosnia #coalition #command

If there is anything in the universe that can't stand discussion, let it crack. ↗

— Wendell Phillips

#crack #discussion #stand #universe

Law is nothing unless close behind it stands a warm, living public opinion. ↗

— Wendell Phillips

#close #law #living #nothing #opinion

I never prepare. I think that's completely overrated. It's a very simple job. All you have to do is hit this bright mark, stand in the right spot and say the line. So I don't really believe in preparation. ↗

— Joaquin Phoenix

#bright #completely #hit #i #i think

I don't think one should be comfortable standing on a stage with people applauding and laughing at every stupid thing you say. ↗

— Joaquin Phoenix

#every #i #laughing #people #say

I mean, I don't like sitting at a table with seven or eight people asking me questions and kind of listening to what I'm doing - scrutinizing my thoughts and things like that. I just don't like it. I can't understand how anyone would. ↗

— Joaquin Phoenix

#asking #doing #eight #how #i

I want to make people cry even when they don't understand my words. ↗

— Edith Piaf

#even #i #make #people #understand

To be successful in my native France, where people speak the same language and understand me, is nothing. ↗

— Edith Piaf

#language #me #native #nothing #people

We all know that Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth, at least the truth that is given to us to understand. ↗

— Pablo Picasso

#given #know #least #lie #makes

It's important to understand that oil and renewables do different things. Wind and solar are for power generation, so they don't replace oil. About 70% of all oil produced is used for transportation fuel. Renewables are good projects, but they don't get us off of foreign oil. ↗

— T. Boone Pickens

#different #different things #foreign #foreign oil #fuel