#tho

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

We go by the lighthouse; paddle out. After we got out, we paddled way down to get the biggest peak. ↗

— George Downing

#biggest #down #get #go #got

This planet seems to be in such sorry shape. And I can't ever think about the rest of the universe without coming back home and thinking what the implications for life here would be if we were to really have some definitive proof of extraterrestrial life. ↗

— Ann Druyan

#back #coming #definitive #ever #extraterrestrial

We're romantic. We're hopeful. We're done for. The worst part of this all? The idea of struggle and compromise seems exciting to us-that's how stupid we are. There's no stopping fools, I say. We're still kids at heart. Those dreams are still there. Now we just have to go chase them. ↗

— Alida Nugent

#dreams #dreams

When I left Merrill Lynch, one of the things that upset me the most wasn't losing my job. It was not being able to see those people the following day. It was almost like divorcing 40 people. ↗

— Erin Duffy

#almost #being #day #following #i

Nowadays I get complaints about long drum solos, but in those days they wanted me to keep on going so they could go over to the bar and have a drink. ↗

— Aynsley Dunbar

#bar #complaints #could #days #drink

Whether it's in an inner-city school or a rural community, I want those students to have a chance to take A.P. biology and A.P. physics and marine biology. ↗

— Arne Duncan

#chance #community #i #inner-city #marine

What I think happens, and that you have to acknowledge though, is that a director uses a book as a launching pad for his own work and that's always very flattering. ↗

— Katherine Dunn

#always #book #director #flattering #happens

I've just got to let my teammates know in practice, without even telling them, that I don't think I'm ahead of anybody. ↗

— Kevin Durant

#anybody #even #got #i #just

Some have too much, yet still do crave; I little have, and seek no more. They are but poor, though much they have, And I am rich with little store. ↗

— Edward Dyer

#crave #i #i am #little #more