#thing

History proves that all dictatorships, all authoritarian forms of government are transient. Only democratic systems are not transient. Whatever the shortcomings, mankind has not devised anything superior. ↗

— Vladimir Putin

#authoritarian #democratic #devised #dictatorships #forms

Political activities in Russia should be as transparent as possible. Financing political activities from abroad is something the state should keep an eye on. ↗

— Vladimir Putin

#activities #eye #financing #keep #political

There is nothing so easy but that it becomes difficult when you do it reluctantly. ↗

— Pythagoras

#difficult #easy #nothing #reluctantly #you

In their eyes as they pass is not hatred, not excitement, not despair, not the tonic of their victory - there is just the simple expression of being here as though they had been here doing this forever, and nothing else. ↗

— Ernie Pyle

#being #despair #doing #else #excitement

What we think of as our sensitivity is only the higher evolution of terror in a poor dumb beast. We suffer for nothing. Our own death wish is our only real tragedy. ↗

— Mario Puzo

#death #dumb #evolution #higher #nothing

Our artillery has really been sensational. For once we have enough of something and at the right time. Officers tell me they actually have more guns than they know what to do with. ↗

— Ernie Pyle

#artillery #been #enough #guns #know

You see, I used to do a certain amount of market research by going to the local drugstore and seeing what the truck drivers would put up. Now it's all just copies from the latest best-seller list and damn little of anything else. ↗

— Jerry Pournelle

#anything #best-seller #certain #copies #damn

Do not they bring it to pass by knowing that they know nothing at all? ↗

— Jean Racine

#know #knowing #nothing #pass

I think about cars to try and distract myself. It's a good way to relax, take your mind off everything. ↗

— Asafa Powell

#cars #distract #everything #good #good way

If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude. ↗

— Colin Powell

#achieve #big #big things #develop #excellence