Everything we have today that's cool comes from someone wanting more of something they loved in the past. Action figures, videogames, superhero movies, iPods: All are continuations of a love that wanted more.


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GEORGE S. PATTON
It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.
GEORGE S. PATTON
A pint of sweat, saves a gallon of blood.
GEORGE S. PATTON
Prepare for the unknown by studying how others in the past have coped with the unforeseeable and the...
GEORGE S. PATTON
If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking.
GEORGE S. PATTON
We herd sheep, we drive cattle, we lead people. Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.
GEORGE S. PATTON
Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.
GEORGE S. PATTON
Don't tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their re...
GEORGE S. PATTON
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingen...
GEORGE S. PATTON
Americans play to win at all times. I wouldn't give a hoot and hell for a man who lost and laugh...
GEORGE S. PATTON
Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. It is the spirit of men who follow and of ...
GEORGE S. PATTON
Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory.
GEORGE S. PATTON
A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.
GEORGE S. PATTON
Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.
GEORGE S. PATTON
Nobody ever defended anything successfully, there is only attack and attack and attack some more.
GEORGE S. PATTON
Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings out all tha...
GEORGE S. PATTON
Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.
GEORGE S PATTON
If man does his best what else is there?
GEORGE S. PATTON
No poor bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making other bastards die for ...
GEORGE SMITH PATTON
Battle is an orgy of disorder.
GEORGE S. PATTON
A good plan violently executed right now is far better than a perfect plan executed next week.
GENERAL GEORGE PATTON
Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.
GENERAL GEORGE PATTON
Very little is known of the Canadian country since it is rarely visited by anyone but the Queen and ...
GENERAL GEORGE PATTON
I do not fear failure. I only fear the "slowing up" of the engine inside of me which is pounding, sa...
GENERAL GEORGE PATTON
Accept the challenges, so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory.
GENERAL GEORGE PATTON
A good plan violently executed today is better than a perfect plan executed tomorrow.
GEORGE S. PATTON
Abundance is, in large part, an attitude.
SUE PATTON THOELE
Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. It is the spirit of men who follow and of ...
GENERAL GEORGE PATTON
Deep listening is miraculous for both listener and speaker. When someone receives us with open-heart...
SUE PATTON THOELE
Don't fight a battle if you don't gain anything by winning.
GEORGE S. PATTON
Abundance is, in large part, an attitude
SUE PATTON THOELE
You'd open a drawer, looking for a pen or Post-it notes, and it would be full of dirty socks. He was...
KAREN PATTON SEYMOUR
All very successful commanders are prima donnas and must be so treated.
GEORGE S. PATTON
Sometimes the waters of our spirits are churned and murky, and it is difficult to tap the reservoirs...
SUE PATTON THOELE
Americans love to fight. All real Americans love the sting of battle.
GEORGE S. PATTON