Derek Thornton

“Lind’s scheme has been widely adopted. Note, however, that it is based mainly on developments on the tactical and operational levels. It has relatively little to say about strategy, let alone grand strategy and the kind of political, economic, social and cultural factors in which the latter is rooted. In this it differs from some other schemes, including my own which is based on the distinction between “trinitarian” and “non-trinitarian” warfare. Here the assumption is that there are two basic kinds of war, i.e. those in which the distinction between government, armed forces and people is maintained and those in which it is not.”
― Martin van Creveld, A History of Strategy: From Sun Tzu to William S. Lind

“Hence the saying: If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”
― Sun Tzu, The Art of War by Sun Tzu - Classic Collector's Edition (Annotated)

“The play’s over, the house lights are up, the audience is gone, but I’m still on the damned stage.”
― Gregory Miller, The Uncanny Valley: Tales from a Lost Town

“there’s plenty about life that might best be ignored yet can’t be.”
― Gregory Miller, The Uncanny Valley: Tales from a Lost Town