“[The overthrow of the Castro regime] is the top priority of the US government. - all else is secondary - no time, no effort, or manpower is to be spared.” GovernmentPoliticsEffortPrioritiesRegimesCastroTop PrioritiesManpower Author:Robert Kennedy
“It never does to leave a live Dragon out of the equation.” DoeDragonsEquations Author:J. R. R. Tolkien
“It costs us $1 million for every troop[soldier] in Afghanistan.” PoliticsMillionsCostSoldierAfghanistan Author:Lawrence Korb
“This of course is the way to talk to dragons, if you don't want to reveal your proper name which is wise, and don't want to infuriate them by a flat refusal which is also very wise. No dragon can resist the fascination of riddling talk and of wasting time to trying to understand it.” IfsWayWantTryingCoursesNamesWiseDragonsFlatsWasting TimeFascinationRefusalVery Wise Book:The Hobbit Source: The Hobbit
“There are ten times as many sex slaves transported around the globe today as agrarian slaves were transported in the 1790s.” TodayPoliticsSexTenSlaveGlobes Author:Nicholas D. Kristof
“Smaug certainly looked asleep, almost dead and dark, with scarcely a snore more than a whiff of unseen steam, when Bilbo peeped once more from the entrance. He was just about to step out onto the floor when he caught a sudden thin ray of red from under the drooping lid of Smaug's left eye. He was only pretending to sleep! He was watching the tunnel entrance!” EyeLeftDarkSleepStepsRedCaughtDragonsPretendingRaysUnseenTunnelsSteamEntrancesLeft Eye Author:J. R. R. Tolkien
“Humans feel deeply the suffering of their friends and allies and easily discount/dismiss the comparable experience of their enemies.” FeelsHumansSufferingPoliticsEnemyAlliesDiscounts Author:Ray Kurzweil
“The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. I call on Congress today to act immediately, to appropriate whatever is necessary to put armed police officers in every school - and to do it now, to make sure that blanket of safety is in place when our children return to school in January.” ChildrenTodaySchoolGuyPoliticsReturnGunPoliceOur ChildrenSafetyCongressAppropriateOfficersBad GuysBlanketGood GuyJanuaryPolice Officer Author:Wayne LaPierre
“You can wait forever for perfect conditions or you can make do with what you have.” PoliticsWaitingPerfectForeverConditionsPerfect Conditions Author:Jack Layton
“When a draco has eaten much fruit, it seeks the juice of the bitter lettuce; it has been seen to do this.” Has BeensFruitBitterDragonsJuiceLettuceDraco Author:Aristotle