Leadership

[Chief]

"What we anticipate seldom occurs; what we least expected generally happens."

Benjamin Disraeli



"A willing foe, and Sea room!"

Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, KB, a toast



A contingency plan is only as good as the mind that devises it

Anon



Some Lies are easier to believe than the Truth.

Orange Catholic Bible



"The strictest limits are self imposed."

Friedre Ginaz, "Philosphy of the Swordsman"



Humiliation is a thing never forgotten

Rebec of Ginaz



"Never underestimate the power of the human mind to believe what it wants to believe, no matter the conflicting evidence."

Caedmon Erb, "Politics and Reality"




"To know what one ought to do is not enough."

Prince Rhombur Vernius





"It is possible to become intoxicated with rebellion for rebellion's sake"

Dominic Vernius, "Ecaz Memories"



"Horsemen! I wish I could muster a legion of Dwarves, full armed and filthy."

Gimli, Son of Gloin, "Return of the King"




"When the going gets wierd, the wierd turn pro."

Hunter S. Thompson

[Waterbuffalo]

"Never underestimate the power of the human mind to believe what it wants to believe, no matter the conflicting evidence."

Caedmon Erb, "Politics and Reality"

I thought I'd point this out as reference for two Columbian Op-Edders..

[Chief]

"Innovation and daring create heroes. Mindless adherance to outdated rules creates only politicians."

Viscount Hundro Moritani




"Why look for meaning when there is none? Would you follow a path you know leads knowhere?"

Query of the Mentat School



"Nothing in life is so exhilarating, as to be shot at without result."

Winston Churchill



"...but remember if I live long enough, I may be one of the historians."

Winston Chruchill to Josef Stalin
January 31, 1944

[karma]

I have got to pull my favorite ones off my website:
"What we do for ourselves dies with us.

What we do for our community

lives long after we are gone."

-Theodore Roosevelt



" We are trustees of the future.

We are not here for ourselves alone."

- James Bryce

[Chief]

Never take a hostage you're not prepared to shoot.

Anon.

[mooney]

Aunt Em,

I hate you
I hate Kansas
Taking the dog

Dorothy

[Waterbuffalo]

Mooney: thanks for the grinner..

[Chief]

"Thou shalt not whine."

Tim Russert
1950-2008

[Waterbuffalo]

Thanks for posting that Chief.....

[Chief]

For a soldier I listed, to grow great in fame.
And be shot at for sixpence a day.

Charles Dibdin, 1745-1814

[Chief]

I have as much authority as the Pope.

I just don't have as many people who believe it.

George Denis Patrick Carlin
(May 12, 1937 – June 22, 2008)