Norman Schwarzkopf Quotes

Moving into an unoccupied village when there's no opposition, I don't call that a military victory.

Norman Schwarzkopf

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: soldier
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 22, 1934 - December 27, 2012

Topics

MovingVictoryVillageMilitaryCall

I have a really simple wardrobe. I wear a low-scoop tee every day with a tux or leather jacket and tux pants or black jeans. That's pretty much it.

Johan Lindeberg

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I'm always thinking 'Don't mess this up.'

Jennette McCurdy

ThinkingAlwaysMessUp

When you close a tab or when you finish an article on the web, it's gone unless you go back into your history or search for it or explicitly try to find it. Apps on your phone have this special property: they hang around. In some ways, they're more like a book on a bookshelf than they are like web pages.

Robin Sloan

HistoryBookSearchYouFindPhone

When I said I no longer wanted to be a painter, that I wanted to be an actor, the first thing I did was get a stinking job in an insurance building.

Rod Taylor

JobBuildingInsuranceSaidActor

Most political journalists come to Washington because they're snappy writers, big thinkers, or news breakers. Me? My ticket to the big leagues had little to do with talent. It was mostly about the governor I was covering, Bill Clinton.

Ron Fournier

TalentMePoliticalNewsWashington

What the New Yorker calls home would seem like a couple of closets to most Americans, yet he manages not only to live there but also to grow trees and cockroaches right on the premises.

Russell Baker

HomeLiveTreesGrowNewRight

I have great sympathy for people that are infertile, but a life is not something you can give away.

Mary Beth Whitehead

LifeGreatPeopleSympathyYouGive

What nature requires is obtainable, and within easy reach. It is for the superfluous we sweat.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

NatureReachEasySweatWithin

One of my biggest fears when I see really bad people on T.V. is that I don't know how they got there.

Josh Thomas

PeopleBad PeopleBadKnowSeeGot

A lot of times I would go into a room and audition for whatever sitcom it was and they would expect me to do sort of what my dad was doing and I am not him so they would be disappointed and I would feel nervous and not know exactly how to do it.

Jason Ritter

I AmMeFeelDoingKnowNervous

Television is like speed chess, as you have no time and no money. It is like trying to play Grandmaster chess with a 20 minute timer. The rewards are great, though, as it moves faster and you get to see the finished results much quicker.

Dean Devlin

GreatTimeMoneySpeedYouPlay

When you've written a film and directed it and it comes out exactly as you imagined it, it's pretty boring.

Christopher McQuarrie

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