“I came to my first Colts training camp in July of 1950, and it was murder, absolute murder. We had a coach named Clem Crow who must have been nuts. You got to remember that I'd been a Marine, had gone through basic training and spent 26 months in the Pacific during WWII, but the Marine drill instructors had nothing on Clem.” FirstsHas BeensRememberGoneMonthsTrainingMurderAbsolutesCoachesCampsNutsMarineJulyWwiiCrowPacificDrillsInstructorsTraining CampColtsBasic Training Author:Art Donovan
“In some states militant nationalism has gone to the lengths of dictatorship, the cult of the absolute or totalitarian state and the glorification of war.” WarStatesGoneAbsolutesNationalismLengthDictatorshipCultMilitantGlorificationTotalitarian State Author:Arthur Henderson
“Beginning, perhaps, from the reasonable perspective that absolute objectivity is unattainable, Fox News and MSNBC no longer even attempt it. They show us the world not as it is, but as partisans (and loyal viewers) at either end of the political spectrum would like it to be. This is to journalism what Bernie Madoff was to investment: He told his customers what they wanted to hear, and by the time they learned the truth, their money was gone.” WorldEndsShowsWantedPoliticalGonePerspectiveNewsAbsolutesInvestmentCustomersJournalismReasonableLoyalFoxesViewersSpectrumObjectivityPartisansUnattainableFox NewsPolitical SpectrumMadoff Author:Ted Koppel
“Creative accounting is an absolute curse to a civilization. One could argue that double-entry bookkeeping was one of history's great advances. Using accounting for fraud and folly is a disgrace. In a democracy, it often takes a scandal to trigger reform. Enron was the most obvious example of a business culture gone wrong in a long, long time.” LongCultureGoneCreativeDemocracyExampleCivilizationLong TimeAbsolutesObviousArguingReformCurseFollyFraudScandalTriggersDisgraceEntryAccountingEnronBookkeepingEnron Scandal Author:Charlie Munger
“I had never gone to college, I left school at a really early age, and all of a sudden I've got six really great friends hanging out with me every night. And we were a really tight group, and we just had an absolute blast.” AgeSchoolNightLeftGoneGroupsCollegeSixAbsolutesHanging OutEvery NightReally GreatBlastGreat Friend Author:Kiefer Sutherland
“Initially, I was very much concerned with having absolute control. But as time has gone by, I'm not. I mean, the whole first record was really just how I spent my free time: stoned and drinking coffee in my house, spending three hours on a song.” FirstsMeanWholeSongThreeHouseHoursGoneRecordsConcernedAbsolutesDrinkingSpendingCoffeeFree TimeDrinking Coffee Author:Dee Dee Ramone
“For forty years I was conscripted by the absolute, the neurosis. The absolute is gone. There remain countless tasks among which literature is in no way privileged.” WayYearsLiteratureGoneTasksAbsolutesFortyPrivilegedNeurosis Author:Jean-Paul Sartre
“It does not do to rely too much on silent majorities, Evey, for silence is a fragile thing, one loud noise, and its gone. But the people are so cowed and disorganised. A few might take the opportunity to protest, but it'll just be a voice crying in the wilderness. Noise is relative to the silence preceding it. The more absolute the hush, the more shocking the thunderclap. Our masters have not heard the people's voice for generations, Evey and it is much, much louder than they care to remember.” PeopleDoeMightCareRememberOpportunityVoiceSilenceGoneToo MuchGenerationsHeardCryMastersAbsolutesMajoritySilentNoiseLoudRelyProtestWildernessRelativeFragileSilence IsShockingHushFragile ThingsLoud NoisesSilent Majority Author:Alan Moore
“As a young man with most of my life ahead of me, I decided early to give my life to something eternal and absolute. Not to these little gods that are here today and gone tomorrow. But to God who is the same yesterday, today, and forever.” MenGivingLittlesTodayYoungGoneForeverTomorrowEternalDecidedAbsolutesYesterdayYoung ManHere Today Gone Tomorrow Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.