Smedley Butler Quotes

The trouble with America is that when the dollar only earns 6 percent over here, then it gets restless and goes overseas to get 100 percent. Then the flag follows the dollar and the soldiers follow the flag.

Smedley Butler

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: soldier
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 30, 1881 - June 21, 1940

Topics

AmericaTroubleFlagFollowSoldiers

Make a difference today for someone who's fighting for their tomorrow.

Jim Kelly

TodayTomorrowMake A DifferenceMake

I loved playing football. In this particular match the ball happened to hit my right eye, the only one which I could see light and colour with.

Andrea Bocelli

LightFootballEyeLovedRightSee

There are a lot of things that immigrants, especially Chinese-Americans, want to share with their children, but there are a lot of things they don't want to share.

Anchee Min

ChildrenImmigrantsWantShareLot

The first thing I heard when I got in the business - not from my mentor - was, 'Bulls make money, bears make money, and pigs get slaughtered.' I'm here to tell you I was a pig. And I strongly believe the only way to make long-term returns in our business that are superior is by being a pig.

Stanley Druckenmiller

BusinessMoneyBelieveYouPigWay

Luck, like a Russian car, generally only works if you push it.

Tom Holt

CarLuckPushYouOnlyLike

I've got friends who are pyrotechnics who do big fire shows, so I'm really fascinated by that.

Rosamund Pike

FireFriendsBigGotWhoFascinated

When I write songs, it's very random. I get influenced by the most random things! Sometimes it just comes to me in my sleep or just hanging out in a restaurant or something. Music just comes to me, and I'll start writing from there.

Roshon Fegan

MusicSleepMeWritingRandomStart

Hopefully, if I get enough of a fan army together, people will let me write fiction.

Mary H.K. Choi

TogetherPeopleMeArmyEnoughWill

In the beginning, there was noise. Noise begat rhythm, and rhythm begat everything else.

Mickey Hart

BeginningRhythmEverythingNoise

The thinner the ice, the more anxious is everyone to see whether it will bear.

Josh Billings

FearIceWillBearMoreSee

I feel blessed to keep my adventurous passion at peak while doing a daily soap.

Divyanka Tripathi

DailyPassionBlessedFeelDoing

My dad was an editor and a writer, and that's really where I would have liked to have gone. But the genetic link was not intact there, so I wound up going into business. But I love to write, still. I'm not a great writer, but I enjoy it.

Anne M. Mulcahy

LoveBusinessGreatEnjoyWriteUp

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