“Really great design is hard. Good is the enemy of great.” HardEnemyDesignReally GreatGreat Design Author:Jonathan Ive
“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
“More and more it seems to me that the philosopher, being of necessity a man of tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, has always found himself, and had to find himself, in contradiction to his today: his enemy was ever the ideal of today. So far all these extraordinary furtherers of men whom one calls philosophers, though they themselves have rarely felt like friends of wisdom but rather like disagreeable fools and dangerous question marks, have found their task, their hard, unwanted, inescapable task, but eventually also the greatness of their task, in being the bad conscience of their time.” MenHardPhilosophySeemsTodayFoundFeltEnemyDangerousGreatnessFoolTomorrowConscienceIdealsTasksMarkExtraordinaryPhilosopherContradictionDisagreeableUnwantedQuestion Mark Author:Friedrich Nietzsche
“When the enemy enthusiastically embraces you, and the fellow countrymen bitterly reject you, it is hard not to wonder if you are, in fact, a traitor.” IfsHardFactsWonderEnemyFellowsEmbraceRejectsTraitorCountrymenRejects You Author:Ursula K. Le Guin
“Once you've taken a public stand you know is right, never back down; anything less than a rock-hard stance will let your enemies nibble you to death.” KnowsHardEnemyTakenRocksStanceNever Back Down Author:L. Neil Smith
“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
“A good soldier has his heart and soul in it. When he receives an order, he gets a hard on, and when he drives his lance through his enemy's guts, he comes.” HeartArtSoulHardPhilosophyOrderEnemyHistorySoldierGutsHeart And SoulGood Soldiers Book:Two Plays by Bertolt Brecht Source: Two Plays by Bertolt Brecht