#vie

By the end of the summer of 1973 I thought it was virtually impossible for South Vietnam to survive. How in the heck could they? ↗

— William Westmoreland

#end #heck #how #i #impossible

Militarily, we succeeded in Vietnam. We won every engagement we were involved in out there. ↗

— William Westmoreland

#every #involved #militarily #out #succeeded

The Vietnam memorial is a masterpiece. The names of the dead are listed there, chronologically. Just the names. ↗

— William Westmoreland

#dead #just #listed #masterpiece #memorial

When I took command in Vietnam, I gave great emphasis to food and medical care - and to the mail. ↗

— William Westmoreland

#command #emphasis #food #gave #great

When the soldiers came home from Vietnam, there were no parades, no celebrations. So they built the Vietnam Memorial for themselves. ↗

— William Westmoreland

#came #celebrations #home #memorial #parades

If you see everything from the point of view of women being victims in some way, you don't see the wood for the trees. It is better to be a person than a woman. ↗

— Vivienne Westwood

#better #everything #person #point #point of view

I have never known a novel that was good enough to be good in spite of its being adapted to the author's political views. ↗

— Edith Wharton

#author #being #enough #good #i

We experience problem-solving sessions as war zones, we view competing ideas as enemies, and we use problems as weapons to blame and defeat opposition forces. No wonder we can't come up with real lasting solutions! ↗

— Margaret J. Wheatley

#come #competing #defeat #experience #forces

Even when I was little, people would always ask me if I wanted to be a movie star, and I would always say, 'No, I just want to be an actor.' ↗

— Wil Wheaton

#always #ask #even #i #just

I think everyone who makes movies should be forced to do television. Because you have to finish. You have to get it done, and there are a lot of decisions made just for the sake of making decisions. You do something because it's efficient and because it gets the story told and it connects to the audience. ↗

— Joss Whedon

#because #connects #decisions #done #efficient