#war

In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, intelligence is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of office. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#civilization #exemption #form #government #highly

What this country needs what every country needs occasionally is a good hard bloody war to revive the vice of patriotism on which its existence as a nation depends. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#country #depends #every #existence #good

One of the elements in the film that really fascinated me was not to look at the world in bi-polar terms of us vs them or east vs west, which was a by-product of the Cold War. ↗

— Kathryn Bigelow

#cold #cold war #east #elements #fascinated

The rewards for those who persevere far exceed the pain that must precede the victory. ↗

— Ted W. Engstrom

#far #must #pain #persevere #precede

Some men eat dinner with silverware. Some use chopsticks. I prefer zippers.  ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#dinner #eat #food #oral-sex #preference

Rather than being your thoughts and emotions, be the awareness behind them. ↗

— Eckhart Tolle

#emotions #thoughts #life

The sinews of war are infinite money. ↗