Stuart Symington Quotes

The British were keen for 30 caliber guns, did not believe in daylight bombing. American experts said 30 caliber was not enough; we had to have 50 caliber, also said daylight bombing was right provided the planes attacked in formation, with 50 caliber guns.

Stuart Symington

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: businessman
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 26, 1901 - December 14, 1988

Topics

BelieveAmericanEnoughSaidRight

Being a unique superpower undermines the military intelligence of strategy. To think strategically, one has to imagine oneself in the enemy's place. If one cannot do this, it is impossible to foresee, to take by surprise, to outflank. Misinterpreting an enemy can lead to defeat. This is how empires fall.

John Berger

IntelligenceImpossibleThinkUnique

There will soon be streams of data coming from all manner of products - appliances, clothing, sporting goods, you name it. Wouldn't you rather live in a world where you can export the data from your son's football helmet to a new app that monitors force and impact against a cohort of high school players around the country?

John Battelle

LiveSonFootballSchoolWorldName

If the opponent offers keen play I don't object; but in such cases I get less satisfaction, even if I win, than from a game conducted according to all the rules of strategy with its ruthless logic.

Anatoly Karpov

WinGameStrategyLogicRulesPlay

I never hid out. I was never big enough a star.

Tom T. Hall

EnoughNeverOutBigStarHid

The question is how to bring a work of imagination out of one language that was just as taken-for-granted by the persons who used it as our language is by ourselves. Nothing strange about it.

Robert Fitzgerald

WorkImaginationLanguageNothing

I believe keeping our promises should be our highest priority and that means saving Social Security and Medicare while preserving the American dream for our children and grandchildren.

Tom Coburn

ChildrenAmerican DreamBelieveDream

I think there are a lot of technocrats in the business who would much rather work with just wheels and gears and machinery. Those things interest them more than humanity and I wish them the best of luck.

Ron Perlman

WorkBusinessBestLuckThinkWish

My purpose in public address and in speech is really encapsulated in three C's: clear, concise, correct. No overblowing rhetoric or anything like that. As simple as possible: clear, concise, correct.

Bob Sheppard

SimplePurposeSpeechThreePossible

I feel quite sad for the young musicians coming up because they may never get to pay their rent properly. It doesn't matter what the genre; nowadays, it's so much harder than it ever was.

Bryan Adams

SadFeelMusiciansYoungMatterPay

It's important to win with style.

Antonio Conte

StyleWinImportant

I like constructive criticism from smart people.

Prince

SmartPeopleCriticismSmart People

New Zealand is not a small country but a large village.

Peter Jackson

SmallCountryNewVillageZealand

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