“You know, great powers don't get angry, great powers don't make decisions hastily in a crisis.” Quote by John R. Allen
“Afghanistan is going to be here a long time, and what's critical is that Afghanistan's relationship with its neighbors are, to the maximum extent they can be, constructive and operationally useful.” LongLong TimeCriticalNeighborAfghanistanMaximumConstructive Author:John R. Allen
“And across Afghanistan, every single day, Afghan soldiers, Afghan police and ISAF troops are serving shoulder-to-shoulder in some very difficult situations. And our engagement with them, our shoulder-to-shoulder relationship with them, our conduct of operations with them every single day defines the real relationship.” RealDifficultSituationPoliceSoldierShouldersOperationsServingAfghanistanEngagementTroopsAfghanDifficult SituationsReal Relationship Author:John R. Allen
“A lot of writing is a form of seeing - putting down what you see in terms of action and landscape.” WritingActionFormTermSeeingLandscape Author:Jonathan Ames
“As a child, I wanted to be an athlete, a professional tennis player or something like that.” ChildrenWantedPlayerAthleteTennisTennis Player Author:Jonathan Ames
“Having a show get canceled is like, 'Oh, you have caviar between your teeth,' you know what I mean? Because you had a show in the first place.” KnowsFirstsMeanShowsTeethCaviar Author:Jonathan Ames
“I am part of a vast generation of people who perpetually live as if they just graduated from college.” PeopleIfsGenerationsCollege Author:Jonathan Ames
“I didn't play or like a lot of board games as a child. I liked playing with my G.I. Joes and making up adventures for them.” ChildrenPlayGamesAdventureBoardsMaking UpBoard Games Author:Jonathan Ames
“I don't laugh that much, but I do like humorous books, and I like to entertain readers that way.” WayBookLaughingReaderHumorous Author:Jonathan Ames