“Why, it appears that we appointed all of our worst generals to command the armies and we appointed all of our best generals to edit the newspapers. I mean, I found by reading a newspaper that these editor generals saw all of the defects plainly from the start but didn't tell me until it was too late. I'm willing to yield my place to these best generals and I'll do my best for the cause by editing a newspaper.” MeanReadingFoundCausesSawsWorstWillingLateArmyNewspapersCommandToo LateYieldEditorsEditingDefectsEdits Author:Robert E. Lee
“Everybody was willing to give me a job. But I wanted to do something different. I saw myself as an independent person, self-employed.” GivingPersonsDifferentSelfWantedJobsSawsWillingGive MeIndependentEmployedIndependent Person Author:Paul Rusesabagina
“The interesting scope of Mark Twain's development as a human being is that he grew. He saw, he travelled, he studied this country and later the world with the eye of a man educating himself. This is a central fact in the Mark Twain legacy. He became an American spokesman for the ideals of racial equality and dignity for the working man because he was willing to look the world in its face and see, really see what was happening to the people in it.” PeopleMenWorldHumansLooksCountryFactsEyeFacesHuman BeingsInterestingSawsWillingGrewDevelopmentHappeningsIdealsDignityMarkLegacyScopeWorking ManRacial Equality Author:Hal Holbrook
“It is not as common as female/male prostitution, but yes my friends and I had female clients. But this is a request that most girls are not willing to do. No, we never saw it as anything different, because if ladies were paying for an escort, they were still considered our clients, and they were treated as such.” IfsStillsDifferentGirlCommonSawsWillingMy FriendsFemaleMalesTreatedClientsRequestProstitution Author:Annie Lobert
“I was encouraged, though, because I saw feminist writers - male and female - calling out the bias. I feel like more and more writers are cognizant of the problems and are willing to try to challenge them.” FeelsTryingProblemChallengesSawsWillingCallingFemaleMalesFeministBiasCognizantWilling To Try Author:Paula Broadwell
“I don't regret at all saying that if I saw Bashar al-Assad using chemical weapons on his people that that would change my assessments in terms of what we were or were not willing to do in Syria.” PeopleIfsTermSawsWillingRegretWeaponsAlsChemicalsSyriaAssessmentAssadDon't RegretChemical WeaponsBashar Al Assad Author:Barack Obama
“When I heard that there were artists, I wished I could some time be one. If I could only make a rose bloom on paper, I thought I should be happy! Or if I could at last succeed in drawing the outline of winter-stripped boughs as I saw them against the sky, it seemed to me that I should be willing to spend years in trying.” IfsShouldTryingYearsLastsArtistSawsHeardSkyWillingSucceedPaperRoseWinterDrawingIf I CouldOutlines Author:Lucy Larcom
“As a young man, I saw families prosper without reading because there were always sufficient opportunities for willing workers who could follow simple instructions. This is no longer the case. Children who don't read are, in the main, destined for lesser lives. I feel a deep sense of responsibility to change this.” MenFeelsChildrenYoungReadingOpportunitySimpleResponsibilityCasesSawsWillingWorkersYoung ManSufficientInstructionDestinedSense Of Responsibility Author:Walter Dean Myers