Robert Drudy

“Those who make themselves up for political competition or the race for glory, as actors do for the stage, must necessarily regret their action, since they must either serve those whom they think they should rule or offend those whom they wish to please.”
― Mike Duncan, The Storm Before the Storm: The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic

“Soldiers may accept a need to be the first to die in a war, but there is often an unseemly scramble to avoid becoming the last.”
― Max Hastings, Retribution: The Battle for Japan, 1944-45

“The old has gone, the new has come, and the future couldn’t be more beautiful.”
― Chip Gaines, Capital Gaines: Smart Things I Learned Doing Stupid Stuff

“Listen to me here: if you’re going to make a bet, bet on yourself. Of course you won’t always win. Life doesn’t work that way. But if you don’t at least try, how could you ever know what’s on the other side?”
― Chip Gaines, Capital Gaines: Smart Things I Learned Doing Stupid Stuff