William H. McRaven Quotes

The purpose of the mission must be thoroughly understood beforehand, and the men must be inspired with a sense of personal dedication that knows no limitations... In an age of high technology and Jedi Knights, we often overlook the need for personal involvement, but we do so at our own risk.

William H. McRaven

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We are really the victims of our own problems.

Jimmy Greaves

ProblemsOwnVictimsOurReally

It looks to me to be obvious that the whole world cannot eat an American diet.

Jerry Brown

MeWorldAmericanDietLooksEat

I want to be the new Marilyn Monroe.

Anna Nicole Smith

NewWantMonroeMarilyn Monroe

Extracting oil from the tar sands is a nasty, polluting, energy-intensive business.

Jeff Goodell

BusinessOilNastySandsPolluting

I was going to get the Carolyn Bessette story out of her one way or another.

Michael Bergin

StoryWayOutHerGoingGet

I was born in Boston, Massachusetts on May 16, 1923, the only child of Joel and Sylvia Miller.

Merton Miller

ChildBornBostonOnly ChildMay

Any piece of music or album or anything - I don't care what genre - in the States, a piece of it came through Atlanta somehow.

Metro Boomin

MusicCareAtlantaThroughAnything

We don't really make bad records, though some people might like some more than others. And we have never really done a bad show. So I think in a way maybe we've been taken for granted.

Tom Petty

PeopleThinkBadDoneWayNever

I was once made honorary mayor of my hometown of Newark, Del.

Tom Douglas

HometownMayorMadeOnceNewark

Generally speaking, we get the joke. We know that the free market is nonsense. We know that the whole point is to game the system, to beat the market or at least find someone who will pay you a lot of money, 'cause they're convinced that there is a free lunch.

Ron Bloom

MoneyLunchFreeGameSomeoneYou

I long ago realized it was not a figure of speech when people come up to me and say they grew up watching me since they were 'that big.'

Roy Clark

PeopleMeSpeechLongSayWatching

We could not, for example, arrive at a principle like that of entropy without introducing some additional principle, such as randomness, to this topography.

Michael Polanyi

WithoutExampleRandomnessPrinciple

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