Ambrose Burnside Quotes

The wastefulness of indiscriminate plunder impoverishes a country, while it adds nothing to the support of the army; policy, as well as humanity to the inhabitants, dictates that all levies should be made according to established rules, and under the charge of discreet and competent officers.

Ambrose Burnside

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: politician
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: May 23, 1824 - September 13, 1881

Topics

SupportArmyHumanityRulesCountry

It's ironic - people used to want to suspend me and talk about how bad my behaviour was, but now they like it when I shout and scream.

John McEnroe

PeopleMeBadNowWantTalk

I even get tired performing standup, which is normally a low-impact exercise in futility but looks hard the way I do it. That's why I take a lot of breaks, often stopping in the middle of a joke to catch my breath, or blame the crowd for not laughing before the punchline.

Andy Kindler

TiredBlameExerciseLooksWhyWay

I conclude that it is a fundamental mistake to think that salvation, justice, or virtue come through merely human institutions.

Jeane Kirkpatrick

JusticeMistakeThinkVirtueHuman

When I think of the Olympics I only think of good things. I think of what a great event it is and what it has done for me and my career, and changed my personal life, too.

Roger Federer

LifeGoodGreatMeGood ThingsDone

High-level, big-deal publicity has a way of getting old for me, but what never fails to thrill me is when I make personal appearances.

Joseph Barbera

MeGetting OldPersonalWayNever

It was only as I wrote about it that I began to find paths of access to feelings that were intolerable to me then.

Jonathan Lethem

MePathsFindFeelingsOnlyAccess

I don't see myself being in the sport a very long period of time, so I want to fight as much as possible.

Deontay Wilder

TimeMyselfFightLongPossibleSee

We are the poorest and weakest state in the world, occupying the lowest position in international affairs; the rest of mankind is the carving knife and the serving dish, while we are the fish and the meat.

Sun Yat-sen

WorldRestFishKnifeServingMeat

Your Bret Harts can lace my boots.

Shane Douglas

BootsLaceYour

To make architecture with any real value is a massive challenge.

Thomas Heatherwick

ChallengeArchitectureValueReal

The neck starts to go at 43, and that's that.

Nora Ephron

GoNeckStarts

In the world I've known most of my life, old stories quickly lose their power over capital markets and get replaced by new surprises. That which everyone fixates on gets priced into the stock market quickly and can't drag on.

Kenneth Fisher

LifePowerWorldMy LifeLoseNew

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