“Should hostilities once break out between Japan and the United States, it is not enough that we take Guam and the Philippines, nor even Hawaii and San Francisco. To make victory certain, we would have to march into Washington and dictate the terms of peace in the White House. I wonder if our politicians, among whom armchair arguments about war are being glibly bandied about in the name of state politics, have confidence as to the final outcome and are prepared to make the necessary sacrifices.” IfsShouldWarStatesEnoughCertainHouseNamesTermWhiteUnitedWonderBreakUnited StatesSacrificeVictoryPoliticianArgumentPreparedFinalsOutcomesJapanMarchWhite HouseHawaiiSan FranciscoHostilityHave ConfidenceBreak OutPhilippinesArmchairsGuam Author:Isoroku Yamamoto
“War is a dead end, literally. And, what is more, we simply can't afford it. Not morally, and not financially. How long will it take the citizens of the United States, one wonders, to recognize that the house their country bombed in Iraq is the same one they were living in until it was foreclosed?” LongWarEndsCountryStatesHouseUnitedWonderUnited StatesCitizensIraqDead Ends Book:The Cushion in the Road: Meditation and Wandering as the Whole World Awakens to Being in Harm's Way Source: The Cushion in the Road: Meditation and Wandering as the Whole World Awakens to Being in Harm's Way
“Well, Congress gave us a billion dollars to dig the hole, this gigantic hole. Bigger, much bigger than the hole in Geneva, Switzerland. Then they canceled the machine and gave us a second billion dollars to fill up the hole. Two billion dollars to dig a hole and fill it up. That is the wisdom of the United States Congress and it really makes you wonder: Is there intelligent life on the Earth? Certainly not in the United States Congress.” WellsTwoStatesEarthUnitedWonderUnited StatesMachinesBiggerIntelligentDollarsCongressBillionsHolesSwitzerlandGenevaIntelligent Life Author:Michio Kaku
“Americans ... attach such a fantastic importance to their baths and plumbing and gadgets of all sorts. They talk as if people could hardly be human beings without all that; we in Europe are beginning to wonder if people can be human beings with it.” PeopleIfsHumansHuman BeingsWonderUnited StatesComfortEuropeImportanceFantasticBathsGadgetsPlumbing Book:Singing Waters Source: Singing Waters
“I'm beginning to wonder if the symbol of the United States pretty soon isn't going to be an ambassador with a flag under his arm climbing into an escape helicopter.” IfsWarStatesPeaceUnitedWonderUnited StatesArmsSymbolsClimbingFlagsAmbassadorsHelicopters Author:Ronald Reagan
“A new study shows that the child population in San Francisco is dwindling and in fact San Francisco has the smallest share of children of any major city in the United States. That's odd, huh? For some reason couples in San Francisco don't seem to be reproducing as much as couples in other cities. Gee, I wonder what the problem is there? You think it might be something in the Rice-A-Roni?” ThinkingChildrenStatesReasonFactsShowsProblemSeemsMightUnitedCitiesWonderUnited StatesStudyShareCoupleMajorsPopulationOddSmallestSan FranciscoRiceReproducing Author:Jay Leno
“It appears that the Soviets are now going to allow prayer in school. One wonders how soon the United States will catch up.” StatesSchoolPrayerUnitedWonderUnited StatesPrayer In School Author:Jeff Cooper