iembalm wrote:"A man's character is his fate." - HeraclitusTrue as all hell.Ditto on that Patton quote being twisted.

"The world is what it is; men who are nothing, who allow themselves to become nothing, have no place in it." - Naipaul

œLife's a dog and then you die? No no. Life is a joyous dance through daffodils beneath cerulean blue skies and then, then what? I forget what happens next.Edward Abbey

How often it is that the worst actor plays the king, and the best the beggar! This may happen in life, too; and a man must be very crude to confuse the actor with his part. - Arthur Schopenhauer

"I am a unicorn."Winston Churchill

"As much as possible try to rid what you are not." --Guru Saran Ananda

"It is foolish and wrong to mourn these men that have died. Better to thank god such men ever lived."-GS Patton

Contextually, Patton's quote was right on the money. Many times his comments and proclamations sound insensitive, but they cut to the crux of the matter. People like my father were fighting that war. My father remarked that in retrospect, Patton was trying to save as many lives and win as quickly as possible. "If we take the generally accepted definition of bravery as a quality which knows no fear, I have never seen a brave man. All men are frightened. The more intelligent they are, the more they are frightened."

"A man's character is his fate." - Heraclitus

Probably the smartest thing I've ever heard:I suppose it is tempting, if the only tool you have is a hammer, to treat everything as if it were a nail. - Abraham MaslowAlso, that Patton quote is fucked up. I suppose you have to think that way if your job is to send people to die killing other people.