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Egotism is not a good quality. It's not something to be admired or even tolerated. It wouldn't be tolerated in a field commander and it shouldn't be tolerated in a movie director.
by John Milius (Director, American , born in 1944) keywords: admired, commander, director, egotism, even, field, good, movie, quality, something , tolerated Decisions! And a general, a commander in chief who has not got the quality of decision, then he is no good.
by Bernard Law Montgomery (Soldier, British , born in 1887) keywords: chief, commander, decision, decisions, general, good, got, quality , then Jesus Christ is our supreme commander, but He operates only through His word, which is unquestionably a training manual. However, He has many interpreters, and few people see the Bible as a true training manual.
by Gary North (Writer) keywords: bible, christ, commander, few, his, however, interpreters, jesus, manual, many, only, operates, our, see, supreme, through, training, true, unquestionably, which , word I think as a rifle platoon and company commander your view is about 1,000 meters in front of you and you hope you can cover that ground and not have to back up and give it up again.
by Oliver North (Soldier, American , born in 1943) keywords: again, back, commander, company, cover, front, give, ground, hope, meters, platoon, rifle, think, up, view , your No operational commander should have to assign a soldier a task that could be done as well by a computer, a remote sensor, or an unmanned airplane.
by Richard Perle (Public Servant, American , born in 1941) keywords: airplane, assign, commander, computer, could, done, operational, remote, should, soldier, task, unmanned , well The commander in the field is always right and the rear echelon is wrong, unless proved otherwise.
by Colin Powell (Statesman, American , born in 1937) keywords: always, commander, field, otherwise, proved, rear, right, unless , wrong On a standard space shuttle crew, two of the astronauts have a test pilot background - the commander and the pilot.
by Sally Ride (Astronaut, American , born in 1951) keywords: astronauts, background, commander, crew, pilot, shuttle, space, standard, test , two But courage which goes against military expediency is stupidity, or, if it is insisted upon by a commander, irresponsibility.
by Erwin Rommel (Soldier, German , born in 1891) keywords: against, commander, courage, expediency, goes, insisted, irresponsibility, military, stupidity, upon , which But if you're going to go out on a military unit, you've got to allow yourself to be under the control of the commander because you really could put the troops in danger.
by Bob Schieffer (Journalist, American , born in 1937) keywords: allow, because, commander, control, could, danger, go, going, got, military, out, put, really, troops, under, unit , yourself Obviously, if the commander makes certain decisions that the reporter thinks is inhibiting his right to report a legitimate story, he has to appeal to the commander's boss to get that changed.
by Bob Schieffer (Journalist, American , born in 1937) keywords: appeal, boss, certain, changed, commander, decisions, get, his, legitimate, makes, obviously, report, reporter, right, story , thinks As the ancient commander addressed his soldiers before battle, so should the moralist speak to men in the struggle of the era.
by Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel (born in 1772) keywords: addressed, ancient, battle, before, commander, era, his, men, moralist, should, soldiers, speak , struggle In war, when a commander becomes so bereft of reason and perspective that he fails to understand the dependence of arms on Divine guidance, he no longer deserves victory.
by Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Statesman , Roman) keywords: arms, becomes, bereft, commander, dependence, deserves, divine, fails, guidance, longer, perspective, reason, understand, victory , war You don't expect to get the letter saying, Her Majesty would like to appoint you Knight Commander of the British Empire! It was just a completely overwhelming and exciting day.
by Antony Sher (Writer, South African , born in 1949) keywords: appoint, british, commander, completely, day, empire, exciting, expect, get, her, just, knight, letter, majesty, overwhelming, saying , would Captain Fisher, the commander, with a party of young ladies from the city and gentlemen belonging to his ship, came one day to pay me a visit in the midst of a deluge of rain.
by Joshua Slocum (Explorer, Canadian , born in 1844) keywords: belonging, came, captain, city, commander, day, deluge, fisher, gentlemen, his, ladies, midst, party, pay, rain, ship, visit , young Of all those in the army close to the commander none is more intimate than the secret agent; of all rewards none more liberal than those given to secret agents; of all matters none is more confidential than those relating to secret operations.
by Sun Tzu (Philosopher , Chinese) keywords: agent, agents, army, close, commander, confidential, given, intimate, liberal, matters, more, none, operations, relating, rewards, secret, than , those
