There was a lot of games of telephone happening, and a lot of communication breakdowns in doing it that way through agents, and reps and all that, so we decided to go straight to the mouth of the beast, and send a group text to everyone, that seemed the best way to do it at a certain point, and that was the most effective way for sure.

The structure of world peace cannot be the work of one man, or one party, or one nation…it must be a peace which rests on the cooperative effort of the whole world

It would be easier to pay off the national debt overnight than to neutralise the long-range effects of our national stupidity.

Art is the beautiful way of doing things. Science is the effective way of doing things. Business is the economic way of doing things.

Art is the beautiful way of doing things. Science is the effective way of doing things. Business is the economic way of doing things.

I am not even an atheist so much as I am an antitheist; I not only maintain that all religions are versions of the same untruth, but I hold that the influence of churches and the effect of religious belief is positively harmful

I had considered how the things that never happen, are often as much realities to us, in their effects, as those that are accomplished.

Surprise becomes effective when we suddenly face the enemy at one point with far more troops than he expected. This type of numerical superiority is quite distinct from numerical superiority in general: it is the most powerful medium in the art of war.

To discover how much of our resources must be mobilized for war, we must first examine our political aim and that of the enemy. We must gauge the strength and situation of the opposite state. We must gauge the character and abilities of its government and people and do the same in regard to our own. Finally, we must evaluate the political sympathies of other states and the effect the war may have on them.

Say what you mean and mean what you say.

Don’t confuse being ‘soft’ with seeing the other guy’s point of view.