“It's one thing to admire a man's work. It's another to get your picture in the paper doing it." General Clayton”
“Policy was not reconsidered because the governing group had no habit of purposeful consultation.”
Source: The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam
“A lawyer's empathy for her client deepens when she realizes that she has only seen the last couple of phases of his decline. How hard it must his initial adjustment have been to his loss of freedom?”
Source: The Way of the World: A Story of Truth and Hope in an Age of Extremism
“He had the ruthlessness of uninterrupted success.”
“Andrew Carnegie was an inventor only in the sense that he adopted and adapted the discoveries of others.”
Source: American Colossus: The Triumph of Capitalism, 1865-1900
“Inside that Colonel, there's a private that needs to be cuddled and held just like the rest of us." Hawkeye”
Source: M*A*S*H EPISODE GUIDE: Details All 251 Episodes with Plot Summaries. Searchable. Companion to DVDs Blu Ray and Box Set.
“I've grown more OK with mystery as I've gotten older.”
“There is a child - a baby - who long since kicked off her blankets. Her skin is ashen and her mouth open in a perpetual yet silent scream. She isn't old enough to roll over, to sit up, to climb. So she lies there kicking her fat legs against the footboard of the crib, eternally calling for her mother. For food. For flesh.”
Source: The Forest of Hands and Teeth
“While humility feels weak, the truth is that humility is a sign of great strength. Humility is about putting ego aside. The word humility comes from a Latin word humilitas, which means grounded or low. When we are "grounded", we aren't easily swayed. We stand firm in who we are, who we belong to, and who we are committed to be going forward. A grounded person isn't looking for recognition because she is at peace with her worth in God's eyes.”
Source: No More Perfect Moms: Learn to Love Your Real Life
“Public servants in this Europe often do their best when they stop caring about whether they'll be fired.”
Source: The Way of the World: A Story of Truth and Hope in an Age of Extremism