Quotes by Levers The more closely [the German army] converged on [Stalingrad], the narrower became their scope for tactical manoeuvre as a lever in loosening resistance. By contrast, the narrowing of the frontage made it easier for the defender to switch his local reserves to any threatened point on the defensive arc. B. H. Liddell Hart leversarmymilitary Don't take too much advice. Ben Silbermann leversentrepreneuradvice I went to the four levers. None of them were marked. There was only one way to figure out which one was the right one. I had to call upon all my Traveler experience and special powers to figure it out. It's called...Eenie, meenie, miney...mo!" -Bobby Pendragon D. J. MacHale leversfourspecial Mind is the great lever of all things. Daniel Webster leversall-thingsmind Mind is the great lever of all things; human thought is the process by which human ends are ultimately answered. Daniel Webster leversendsmind Recorded history is largely an account of the crimes and disasters committed by banal little men at the levers of imperial machines. Edward Abbey leversmachinesmen The handover of power to [Dmitry] Medvedev was rather painless, everybody thought that the waves would calm automatically. By now, it's quite clear that [Vladimir] Putin doesn't want to relinquish the levers of power. Garry Kasparov leverscalmwant I don't belong to anything, nobody's listening to me and I don't have any levers that control my own life. Glenn Beck leversmy-ownlistening The preparation for active rook play entails what is called the opening of lines, which largely depends on pawn play, especially on the proper use of levers. Hans Kmoch leverspreparationplay Propaganda tries first of all to create conditioned reflexes in the individual so that certain words, signs, or symbols, even certain persons or facts, provoke unfailing reactions...The important thing is that when the time is ripe, the individual can be thrown into action by the utilization of the psychological levers that have been set up. Jacques Ellul leversimportanttrying Hate, hunger, and pride make better levers of propaganda than do love or impartiality. Jacques Ellul levershatepride Mathematics commands all my respect, but I have no use for engines. Joseph Conrad leversmathematicsuse I shan't be pulling the levers there but I shall be a very good back-seat driver. Margaret Thatcher leversvery-goodpower But no, I'm not political. My obligation is to pull the lever and elect somebody who's going to make life a little better for everybody, especially those who don't have as much good fortune as others. Mark Wahlberg leverspoliticallittles Trifles lighter than straws are levers in the building up of character. Martin Farquhar Tupper leversbuilding-upcharacter I think politics is the biggest lever of change in India. Nandan Nilekani leversindiathinking Pride is always a better lever against the nobility than reason. Patrick Rothfuss leverspridereason For the machine, because of the way it is built, can work only in a given direction, no matter who pulls its levers. Rudolf Rocker leversmachinesmatter Would you pull the lever for yourself, Ben Affleck? What has Barack Obama meant to your movie career, Ben? Rush Limbaugh liberalismleverscareers Contradiction is the lever of transcendence. Simone Weil leverstranscendencecontradiction12»
