Underestimating One's Enemy Was A Classic Tactical

Have You Ever Heard The Phrase, It Is Better To Keep Your Mouth Closed And Have People Wonder If You Are Stupid Than Open It And Remove All Doubt? (hakim Al Harbi)

When I Was Writing My First Novel A Friend Told Me I Should Apply For A Grant From The Government That Was Offered To Support Starving Artists. I Can't Tell You How Much This Deeply Offended Me. I Told Her In Very Clear Language That I Thought It Was Ridiculous To Think That Other Americans Ought To Pay For Me To Chase My Dream. Anybody Who Understands Pride And Self-determination Gets This. So I Bartended At Night, I Wrote During The Day, And I Paid For My Own Damn Insurance. I Didn't Expect Anybody Else To Pick It Up For Me.

People Who Think God Is On Their Side Are Capable Of The Most Inhumane Acts. (petrov)

Just Let Mitch Be Mitch

[he] Saw Communism For The Sham That It Was--a Bunch Of Brutes Who Seized Power In The Name Of The People, Only To Repress The Very People They Claimed To Champion.