#try

The Secretary of Defense is not a super General or Admiral. His task is to exercise civilian control over the Department for the Commander-in-Chief and the country. ↗

— Donald Rumsfeld

#civilian #commander-in-chief #control #country #defense

Visit with your predecessors from previous Administrations. They know the ropes and can help you see around some corners. Try to make original mistakes, rather than needlessly repeating theirs. ↗

— Donald Rumsfeld

#corners #help #know #make #mistakes

I've always loved movies, since I was a little kid, but I never wanted to be part of that industry. It always seemed horrifying, the way films were made. ↗

— Benh Zeitlin

#films #horrifying #i #industry #kid

Moving from Wales to Italy is like moving to a different country. ↗

— Ian Rush

#different #italy #like #moving #wales

I try to sit down at the typewriter four times a day, even if it's only five minutes, and write three sentences. ↗

— Roger Zelazny

#down #even #five #four #i

That country is the richest which nourishes the greatest number of noble and happy human beings. ↗

— John Ruskin

#country #greatest #greatest number #happy #human

The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world... to see clearly is poetry, prophecy and religion all in one. ↗

— John Ruskin

#does #ever #greatest #greatest thing #human

To see clearly is poetry, prophecy and religion all in one. ↗

— John Ruskin

#clearly #prophecy #religion #see

The true spirit of delight, the exaltation, the sense of being more than Man, which is the touchstone of the highest excellence, is to be found in mathematics as surely as poetry. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#delight #exaltation #excellence #found #highest

Patriots always talk of dying for their country and never of killing for their country. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#always #country #dying #killing #never