Robert McNamara Quotes

We burned to death 100,000 Japanese civilians in Tokyo - men, women and children. LeMay recognized that what he was doing would be thought immoral if his side had lost. But what makes it immoral if you lose and not immoral if you win?

Robert McNamara

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: public
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 9, 1916 - July 6, 2009

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But we moderns are impatient and destructive.

John Crowe Ransom

DestructiveImpatient

After doing 'Pitch Perfect,' I didn't expect to do other musicals, but then I was offered 'The Last Five Years' and 'Into the Woods,' which are two of the greatest pieces of theater that I can think of. So obviously I wasn't going to be like, 'Oh I'm trying to really stay away from musicals right now, so thanks, but I'll pass.'

Anna Kendrick

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I was the first one to have high-speed Internet before all my friends.

Jeffree Star

InternetFriendsFirstBefore

I'm not saying that the gas chambers didn't exist. I couldn't see them myself.

Jean-Marie Le Pen

MyselfSayingSeeExistGasThem

I'm not here to tell you what your average needs to be, but it would seem to me that one way to protect yourself, as an entrepreneur, from the dreaded average is to understand what that looks like in your industry, your business, and your personal life and take the steps to be above average.

Michael Gerber

LifeBusinessYourselfMeYouLooks

An aging writer has the not insignificant satisfaction of a shelf of books behind him that, as they wait for their ideal readers to discover them, will outlast him for a while.

John Updike

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My teenage life was a little strange.

Tom Holland

LifeStrangeLittleTeenage

I remember once, years ago, I met Sting, and he told me that he had seen 'Spinal Tap' 50 times. He said: 'Every time I watch it, I don't know whether to laugh or cry.'

Rob Reiner

TimeMeLaughRememberKnowSaid

There is such a thing as commonsense middle-ground gun reform, and most gun owners support it.

Mike Quigley

SupportGunReformMostThing

I try to be of the world, rather than just observing it.

Jason Molina

WorldTryJustObservingRather

I wished I could go back to Atletico; I'm not going to lie.

Diego Costa

LieBackGoGoingCouldAtletico

I am considering two things on a daily basis: what is right to do and what is wrong to do in my role as President of my people. According to my conscience, I am trying to abide by the right. My vision is peace. My vision is prosperity.

Boris Trajkovski

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