Quotes - David Shoshan (The United States) Showing 1-30 of 35

#1

“Behind this mask there is more than just flesh. Beneath this mask there is an idea... and ideas are bulletproof.”
― Alan Moore, V for Vendetta

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#2

“I don't trust people who don't love themselves and tell me, 'I love you.' ... There is an African saying which is: Be careful when a naked person offers you a shirt.”
― Maya Angelou

tags: 1997, annie-clark-tanner-lecture

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#3

“Everybody is special. Everybody. Everybody is a hero, a lover, a fool, a villain. Everybody. Everybody has their story to tell.”
― Alan Moore, V for Vendetta

tags: favourite-quote, inspirational

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#4

“The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.”
― Ernest Hemingway

tags: trust, truth

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#5

“To be trusted is a greater compliment than to be loved.”
― George MacDonald

tags: trust

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#6

“Sometimes people don't want to hear the truth because they don't want their illusions destroyed.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche

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#7

“If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared.”
― Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince

tags: political-philosophy

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#8

“it is much safer to be feared than loved because ...love is preserved by the link of obligation which, owing to the baseness of men, is broken at every opportunity for their advantage; but fear preserves you by a dread of punishment which never fails.”
― Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince

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#9

“The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.”
― Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince

tags: philosophy

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#10

“Never attempt to win by force what can be won by deception.”
― Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince

tags: deception

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#11

“It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather, we should thank God that such men lived.”
― George S. Patton Jr.

tags: philosophy, war

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#12

“Don't tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.”
― George S. Patton

tags: leadership

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#13

“May God have mercy for my enemies because I won't.”
― George S. Patton Jr.

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#14

“No dumb bastard ever won a war by going out and dying for his country. He won it by making some other dumb bastard die for his country.”
― George S. Patton Jr.

tags: humor

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#15

“Lead me, follow me, or get the hell out of my way.”
― George S. Patton Jr., The Patton principles

tags: leadership, military

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#16

“Pressure makes diamonds”
― George S. Patton Jr.

tags: inspirational, pressure

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#17

“I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom”
― General George S. Patton

tags: life-lessons

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#18

“When in doubt, ATTACK!”
― George S. Patton

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#19

“No good decision was ever made in a swivel chair.”
― George S. Patton Jr.

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#20

“Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.”
― Sun Tzu, The Art of War

tags: deception, life, war

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#21

“There is no instance of a nation benefitting from prolonged warfare.”
― Sun Tzu, The Art of War

tags: benefit, war

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#22

“Out of your vulnerabilities will come your strength.”
― Sigmund Freud

tags: growth, re-growth

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#23

“Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility.”
― Sigmund Freud, Civilization and Its Discontents

tags: fear, freedom, responsibility

1782 likes

#24

“I drink to make other people more interesting.”
― Hemingway, Ernest

tags: drinking

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#25

“Courage is grace under pressure.”
― ernest hemingway

tags: courage

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#26

“Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime.”
― Ernest Hemingway, Ernest Hemingway: A Literary Reference