#tory

Before Alamein we never had a victory. After Alamein we never had a defeat. ↗

— Winston Churchill

#before #defeat #had #never #victory

The problems of victory are more agreeable than those of defeat, but they are no less difficult. ↗

— Winston Churchill

#defeat #difficult #less #more #problems

This is a moment in history where it is almost hard to catch your breath. ↗

— Hillary Clinton

#breath #catch #hard #history #moment

A major power can afford a military debacle only when it looks like a political victory. ↗

— Friedrich Durrenmatt

#like #looks #major #military #only

Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional. ↗

— Chili Davis

#growing old #growing up #mandatory #old #optional

I'm terrible at story and structure, but I'm not so bad at writing dialogue. ↗

— Steve Buscemi

#dialogue #i #story #structure #terrible

Giving frees us from the familiar territory of our own needs by opening our mind to the unexplained worlds occupied by the needs of others. ↗

— Barbara Bush

#familiar territory #frees #giving #mind #needs

The trouble with telling a good story is that it invariably reminds the other fellow of a dull one. ↗

— Sid Caesar

#fellow #good #good story #invariably #other

No great man lives in vain. The history of the world is but the biography of great men. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

#great #great man #great men #history #lives

The 'morality of compromise' sounds contradictory. Compromise is usually a sign of weakness, or an admission of defeat. Strong men don't compromise, it is said, and principles should never be compromised. ↗

— Andrew Carnegie

#compromise #compromised #contradictory #defeat #men