“To place any dependence upon militia is assuredly resting upon a broken staff. Men just dragged from the tender scenes of domestic life, unaccustomed to the din of arms, totally unacquainted with every kind of military skill ... makes them timid and ready to fly from their own shadows.” MenKindMilitaryReadyBrokenArmsSceneSkillsShadowStaffDependenceMilitiaDomestic Life Book:Words of Washington Source: Words of Washington
“A new breeze is blowing--and a nation refreshed by freedom stands ready to push on: there is new ground to be broken, and new action to be taken.” ActionNationsTakenReadyBrokenBreeze Author:George H. W. Bush
“However, you have to recognize that regulations will never be completely successful and they will always be full of holes. You must constantly be ready to fill new holes. Actually regulation should be kept to a minimum, but there has to be some cooperation between market participants and authorities - as was the case in the early postwar years. The Bank of England was a very successful regulator by cooperating with market participants. This cooperative spirit was broken by the market fundamentalists.” ShouldYearsSpiritCasesSuccessfulReadyBrokenAuthorityEnglandHolesCooperationRegulationMinimumParticipantsCooperativesRegulatorsCooperating Author:George Soros
“A new breeze is blowing, and a nation refreshed by freedom stands ready to push on. There is new ground to be broken, and new action to be taken. There are times when the future seems thick as a fog; you sit and wait, hoping the mists will lift and reveal the right path. But this is a time when the future seems a door you can walk right through into a room called tomorrow.” SeemsActionNationsWaitingWalksRoomsPathTakenDoorsReadyBrokenTomorrowLiftsThickFogBreezeMistRight Path Author:George H. W. Bush
“I'm just more attracted to actors. I like their choice to be artists - that's ballsy. And a guy who has such access to his emotional life is sexy. Or maybe because lots of the actors I know are so broken. I don't think I'm compatible with anybody I've dated. Maybe I'm so attracted to actors because I'm not ready for the 'settled down' thing yet.” ThinkingKnowsLife IsArtistGuyChoicesActorsEmotionalReadyBrokenSexyAccessNot ReadyCompatibleEmotional Life Author:Amanda Seyfried
“I went through the communist children's movement at the age of nine, in 1930, and into the Young Communist League in 1936. The Spanish civil war brought me back. I'd already broken with the communists - or the Stalinists, more precisely - in 1935. But the civil war in Spain and the desire to aid the remarkable people struggling against Fascism brought me back to the Young Communist League, so that I could effectively participate, however far removed from Spain, in their struggle. By 1938 I was ready to be expelled. By 1939 I was expelled.” PeopleChildrenWarAgeYoungDesireStruggleMovementReadyBrokenAidsNineLeagueCivil WarRemarkableCommunistFascismSpain1930sSpanish Civil War Author:Murray Bookchin
“Yet here we are, two children and a broken promise later, standing before each other, just the way we stood that day at the alter, with equal parts love and hope. And once again, I close my eyes, ready to take a leap of faith, ready for the long, hard road ahead. I have no idea how it's going to turn out, but then again, I never really did.” WayChildrenLongTwoIdeasHardEyeTurnsReadyBrokenPromiseEqualStandingNo IdeaLeapBroken PromisesLeap Of FaithHope And Love Author:Emily Giffin