“It is thus more potent, as well as more economical, to disarm the enemy than to attempt his destruction by hard fighting ... A strategist should think in terms of paralysing, not of killing.” ThinkingShouldWellsHardFightingTermEnemyMilitaryDestructionKillingStrategist Author:B. H. Liddell Hart
“If evolution and the survival of the fittest be true at all, the destruction of prey and of human rivals must have been among the most important. . . . It is just because human bloodthirstiness is such a primitive part of us that it is so hard to eradicate, especially when a fight or a hunt is promised as part of the fun.” IfsHumansHas BeensImportantHardFightingFunEvolutionSurvivalDestructionBeing TruePrimitiveHuntsPreyRivalsSurvival Of The Fittest Book:The Principles of Psychology, Vol. 2 Source: The Principles of Psychology, Vol. 2
“It's hard to overemphasize how important Ford's deregulation was. True, most of the benefits took years to unfold-rail freight rates, for example hardly budged at first. Yet deregulation set the stage for an enormous wave of creative destruction in the 1980s.” YearsFirstsImportantHardCreativeStageExampleBenefitsDestructionRateWaveEnormousRailDeregulationCreative Destruction Book:The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World Source: The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World
“No attempt of any kind must be made at rescuing members of ships sunk, and this includes picking up persons in the water and putting them in lifeboats, righting capsized lifeboats, and handing over food and water. Rescue runs counter to the most primitive demands of warfare for the destruction of enemy ships and crews. Be hard, remember that the enemy has no regard for women and children when he bombs German cities.” KindChildrenPersonsMadeHardRunningRememberWaterCitiesEnemyDemandMembersDestructionRegardShipsBombsRescuePrimitiveWarfareCrewLifeboatsHanding Over Author:Karl Donitz