“My outlook on warfare is best illustrated by a cartoon I did some thirty-odd years ago of a soldier in an Italian foxhole reading about the Normandy invasion and observing to his buddy that: "The hell this ain't the most important hole in the world . I'm in it.” WorldYearsImportantReadingHellYears AgoSoldierHolesOddThirtyItalianWarfareCartoonOutlookObservingInvasionBuddyNormandyFoxholes Book:Mud & guts: a look at the common soldier of the American revolution Source: Mud & guts: a look at the common soldier of the American revolution
“I keep hearing the argument that some things are constitutional while other things are not. The idea is that we should be in favor of all the things that were decided over 200 years ago by a bunch of slave-owning cross-dressers who pooped in holes.” ShouldYearsIdeasPoliticalYears AgoArgumentCrossesDecidedSlaveHearingFavorsHolesBunchDressers Author:Scott Adams
“We woke up some years ago about the consequences of ozone depletion, the hole in the atmosphere. You can't see it. You can't taste it. You can't smell it. But now we do regard that as a key issue. It's a scientific finding.” YearsIssuesKeysTasteFindingsConsequenceYears AgoRegardSmellHolesAtmosphereOzoneOzone Depletion Author:Sylvia Earle
“I buy a tractor two years ago, and four-fifths of the tractor manual is about not tipping over, not raising the bucket high enough to hit high-tension wire... not killing yourself, basically. And in that manual, I found out - and it cost me a thousand dollars - that when the tractor is new, 10 hours into use of the tractor, you have to re-torque the lug nuts. If you don't, you will oval the holes. This is buried between the moron warnings. I never found it. I take the tractor in for its regular servicing, and they say my wheels are gone. How am I supposed to know that? "It's in the manual."” IfsKnowsYearsTwoEnoughUseFoundHoursGoneFourCostThousandYears AgoDollarsKillingHolesTensionWheelsTwo YearsBuriedWarningNutsWireManualsMoronBucketsTippingKilling YourselfOvalTwo Years AgoTractorsTorque Author:P. J. O'Rourke
“In the 16th century, [Niccolò] Machiavelli - in an attempt to get back in the good graces of the powerful - wrote a slim volume called The Prince. In that book he showed the powers that be how to control the people. That book is a statement: separate and rule, divide and conquer. That's five hundred years ago and it still works, because we allow ourselves to be lead around with holes through our noses.” PeopleYearsStillsBookPowerfulFiveGraceCenturyHundredYears AgoHolesStatementsConquerNosesGet BackDividesVolumeSlimDivide And Conquer Author:Maya Angelou
“About 25 years ago, I was in an apartment, and next door, they put on the radio, so I struck the wall with my fist, but they did not put the radio down. I took a tool and banged until I made a hole through the wall. It was like a comedy movie.” YearsMadeHandsNextComedyDoorsWallYears AgoToolsRadioHolesApartmentFistsComedy Movie Author:Klaus Kinski
“Forty years ago this country went down a rabbit hole in Vietnam and millions died. I fear we're going down a rabbit hole once again - and if people can stop and think and reflect on some of the ideas and issues in this movie, perhaps I've done some damn good here!” PeopleIfsThinkingYearsIdeasCountryDoneMillionsIssuesYears AgoDiedHolesDamnFortyVietnamRabbitsBrilliant IdeasDamn GoodRabbit Holes Author:Errol Morris