#war

War is the domain of physical exertion and suffering. ↗

— Karl Von Clausewitz

#exertion #physical #suffering #war

Howard Hughes was able to afford the luxury of madness, like a man who not only thinks he is Napoleon but hires an army to prove it. ↗

— Ted Morgan

#afford #army #hires #howard #howard hughes

I came from dinner, went downtown with my friends, the elevator was down, I ran down the hall toward my room at 10 at night, having had two glasses of wine. ↗

— Jill Clayburgh

#dinner #down #downtown #elevator #friends

Over the last couple of years, I've really worked toward balancing my life out more, having a little bit more time with friends, family and my boyfriend. There was a period of time when they were way down the list. It was all about music and touring and if everything fell by the wayside, so be it. ↗

— Alanis Morissette

#balancing #bit #boyfriend #couple #down

I'm awkward at these things. Just being nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Karate Kid was a real surprise and I was a little uncomfortable. ↗

— Pat Morita

#academy award #actor #award #awkward #being

We do recognise the need to move towards the publication of information showing the progress made by pupils from one stage of their education to another. ↗

— Estelle Morris

#education #information #made #move #need

We will never bring peace at the hands of war. As a species we have to rise above it. ↗

— Rosie O'Donnell

#bring #hands #never #peace #rise

We're all living blinkered lives, and we're not seeing what's going on and looking to change it. I'm not saying that everyone has to make a political statement, but we need to be more aware of what's happening and why. ↗

— Samantha Morton

#change #everyone #going #happening #i

A strange thing is memory, and hope; one looks backward, and the other forward; one is of today, the other of tomorrow. Memory is history recorded in our brain, memory is a painter, it paints pictures of the past and of the day. ↗

— Grandma Moses

#brain #day #forward #history #hope

In a fragile environment, we need to be aware of ourselves as members of a uniquely powerful species living among other species who are quite as interesting as we are but vulnerable to us because we are cleverer in more destructive ways. ↗

— Andrew Motion

#aware #because #destructive #environment #fragile