Cite Seeinghttp://www.lowdowncentral.com/who-said-that/en-US2008-11-19T15:41:13ZSquarespace Site Server v5.0.0 (http://www.squarespace.com/)Islamists Past and Futurehttp://www.lowdowncentral.com/who-said-that/2008/3/17/islamists-past-and-future.htmlLowDownCentral2008-03-17T19:42:18Z"To me it seems certain that the fatalistic teachings of Mohammed and the utter degradation of women is the outstanding cause for the arrested development of the Arab. He is exactly as he was around the year 700, while we have kept on developing."

Bouncing a ball.

Patton General Patton - 1942

]]>Who Said That?http://www.lowdowncentral.com/who-said-that/2007/10/15/who-said-that.htmlLowDownCentral2007-10-15T23:48:58Z"Tis true that the merchant does not always succeed, but with patient industry he generally does. There is one thing certain -- that no one succeeds without application and close attention to the business he is intended for."

Bouncing a ball.

Samuel Cunard,

The driven, abstemious and Horatio Alger-like Scot chief of the Cunard Line.

]]>Who Said That?http://www.lowdowncentral.com/who-said-that/who-said-that-1.htmlLowDownCentral2007-10-02T16:49:11ZQuotations"The safest place for a ship is in the harbor. But that is not what ships are for."

Bouncing a ball.

Winston Churchill

]]>Who Said That?http://www.lowdowncentral.com/who-said-that/2007/9/20/who-said-that.htmlLowDownCentral2007-09-20T23:30:27Z "It appears we have appointed our worst generals to command forces, and our most gifted and brilliant to edit newspapers. In fact, I discovered by reading newspapers that these editor/geniuses plainly saw all my strategic defects from the start, yet failed to inform me until it was too late. Accordingly, I am readily willing to yield my command to these obviously superior intellects, and I will, in turn, do my best for the Cause by writing editorials - after the fact."

Bouncing a ball.

Robert E. Lee - 1863

]]>Who Said That?http://www.lowdowncentral.com/who-said-that/2007/9/17/who-said-that.htmlLowDownCentral2007-09-17T19:14:47Z"Happy 9/11." ..."Celebrate the day, right?"

Bouncing a ball.

James Brolin on the Chaz and AJ Show promoting his new film (which LowDownCentral will not be promoting). This brings to mind another favorite quote: "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak up and remove all doubt."

]]>Who Said That?http://www.lowdowncentral.com/who-said-that/2007/9/12/who-said-that.htmlLowDownCentral2007-09-12T12:30:03ZQuotations"Experience proves that the man who obstructs a war in which his nation is engaged, no matter whether right or wrong, occupied no enviable place in life or history. Better for him, individually, to advocate 'war, pestilence, and famine,' than to act as obstructionist to a war already begun."

Bouncing a ball.

Ulysses S. Grant (Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant Vol. 1, p.68)

]]>Who Said That?http://www.lowdowncentral.com/who-said-that/2007/9/5/who-said-that.htmlLowDownCentral2007-09-05T21:52:44Z"The vast majority of human beings dislike and even dread all notions with which they are not familiar. Hence it comes about that at their first appearance innovators have always been derided as fools and madmen."

Bouncing a ball.

Cite%20Seeing Aldous Huxley, novelist (1894-1963)

]]>Who Said That?http://www.lowdowncentral.com/who-said-that/2007/8/30/who-said-that.htmlLowDownCentral2007-08-30T23:12:29ZEducation"The humanizing of war? You might as well talk about humanizing Hell." "The essence of war is violence. Moderation in war is imbecility."

_{Admiral of the Fleet, Royal Navy, Jacky Fisher, at First Hauge Peace Conference, spring 1898}

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