“This is still a man's profession, with a lot of men who intellectually and emotionally have not accepted that the military could be women's work.” MenStillsMilitaryProfessionAccepted Author:Lawrence Korb
“Benedict (Cumberbatch, who is playing Sherlock) looks amazing. He's still got a Sherlockian silhouette, with a large overcoat, but in a classic cut. Watson dresses with an urban elegance, a touch of old school dashing, giving a feeling of both the military and medical profession. I suppose it's something they have in common as well. They're a bit metrosexual.” GivingWellsLooksStillsFeelingsSchoolBitsCommonCuttingMilitaryDressesProfessionMedicalClassicUrbanEleganceOld SchoolWatsonMedical ProfessionSilhouettesDashingOvercoatMetrosexuals Author:Martin Freeman
“Mankind are in the end always governed by superiority of intellectual faculties, and none are more sensible of this than the military profession. When, on my return from Italy, I assumed the dress of the Institute, and associated with men of science, I knew what I was doing: I was sure of not being misunderstood by the lowest drummer boy in the army.” MenMindEndsBoysMankindMilitaryReturnIntellectualArmyDressesProfessionFacultySensibleSuperiorityLowestMisunderstoodDrummerInstituteBeing Misunderstood Author:Napoleon Bonaparte
“Throughout history civilian populations and political rulers have talked of peace. We have never been free of war. The soldier, whose profession is war, understands that peace must be enforced by superior military might. The certainty of defeat is the only effective deterrent we can use to maintain peace. Furthermore, we can be strong without being aggressive.” WarUseMightPoliticalStrongMilitaryDefeatSoldierPopulationProfessionSuperiorsCertaintyAggressiveRulersCiviliansDeterrent Author:Barry Goldwater
“Although a soldier by profession, I have never felt any sort of fondness for war, and I have never advocated it, except as a means of peace.” MeanWarPoliticalFeltMilitarySoldierAffectionProfessionCivil WarGrantsFondnessOld Soldiers Author:Ulysses S. Grant
“I didnt go into the NASA program to pick up rocks or to go the moon or anything else. I went in there because I was a military officer, and that was the next notch in my profession.” NextRocksMilitaryMoonPicksProgramProfessionOfficersNasaNotches Author:Jim Lovell
“A defensive war is apt to betray us into too frequent detachment. Those generals who have had but little experience attempt to protect every point, while those who are better acquainted with their profession, having only the capital object in view, guard against a decisive blow, and acquiesce in small misfortunes to avoid greater.” LittlesWarViewsGreaterMilitaryObjectsProtectBlowProfessionMisfortunesBetrayDetachmentTotal War Author:Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor
“Arms is a profession that, if its principles are adhered to for success, requires an officer do what he fears may be wrong, and yet, according to military experience, must be done, if success is to be attained.” IfsMayDonePrinciplesMilitaryArmsProfessionOfficersMilitary Experience Author:Stonewall Jackson
“All men are by nature conservative but conservatism in the military profession is a source of danger to the country. One must be ready to change his line sharply and suddenly, with no concern for the prejudices and memories of what was yesterday. To rest upon formula is a slumber that, prolonged, means death.” MenMeanCountryLinesMemoriesMilitaryDangerReadySourceConcernPrejudiceConservativeProfessionYesterdayFormulasConservatismSlumber Author:Hyman Rickover
“There are some who've forgotten why we have a military. It's not to promote war. It's to be prepared for peace. There's a sign over the entrance to the Fairchild Air Force Base in Washington state, and that sign says it all: 'Peace is our profession'.” WarStatesForceAirMilitaryPreparedForgottenProfessionBe PreparedEntrancesAir ForceWashington State Book:Speaking my mind: selected speeches Source: Speaking my mind: selected speeches
“The entrance of the woman with equal rights into practical modern life, her new freedom, her finding herself side by side with men in the streets, offices, professions, factories, sports, and now even in political and military life, is one of those dissolutive phenomena in which, in most cases, it is difficult to perceive anything positive. In essence, all this is simply the renunciation of the woman's right to be a woman.” MenPoliticalLife IsSportsDifficultSidesCasesRightsStreetsModernMilitaryEqualOfficeFindingsEssenceProfessionPracticalsPerceiveFactoriesEqual RightsModern LifeEntrancesRenunciationMilitary Life Author:Julius Evola
“Someone will always want to mobilize Death on a massive scale for economic Domination or revenge. And the task, taken As a task, appeals to the imagination. The military is an engineering profession.” WantImaginationTakenEconomicMilitaryTasksRevengeProfessionScalesAppealsMassiveEngineeringDomination Book:Time and materials: poems, 1997-2005 Source: Time and materials: poems, 1997-2005
“He was a superb military officer but he was also an extraordinarily gifted politician. That he was an unusually open, honest and no-nonsense politician did not make him unsuited for the profession, only uncommon. In uniform and in politics Barry's purpose was always the defense of freedom. And nobody before or since managed the task more ably or more colorfully than Barry Goldwater.” PurposeHonestMilitaryPoliticianTasksDefenseProfessionNonsenseOfficersUniformsGiftedUncommonSuperbNo Nonsense Author:John McCain
“It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first.” FirstsHas BeensSaidGovernmentFunnyPoliticsWorkMilitaryBearsProfessionI Have LearnedHilariousProstitutionResemblanceFunny PoliticalResemblance Is Author:Ronald Reagan