Quotes

I can see us many miles away, inactive
Sipping cocktails on a terrace, taking breakfast in bed
Sleeping easy, doing nothing, it’s attractive

Don’t think I don’t think like you
I often get those nightmares too
They always take some swallowing

Andrew Lloyd Webber – “A New Argentina” from Evita

I distinguish four types. There are clever, hardworking, stupid, and lazy officers.  Usually, two characteristics are combined.  Some are clever and hardworking; their place is the General Staff.  The next ones are stupid and lazy; they make up 90 percent of every army and are suited to routine duties.  Anyone who is both clever and

“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who