I can't stand to sing the same song the same way two nights in succession, let alone two years or ten years. If you can, then it a...in't music, it's close-order drill or exercise or yodeling or something, not music.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Friendship among nations, as among individuals, calls for constructive efforts to muster the forces of humanity in order that an a...tmosphere of close understanding and cooperation may be cultivated.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
For most women, the language of conversation is primarily a language of rapport: a way of establishing connections and negotiating... relationships. Emphasis is placed on displaying similarities and matching experiences. From childhood, girls criticize peers who try to stand out or appear better than others. People feel their closest connections at home, or in settings where they feel close to and comfortable with--in other words, during private speaking. But even the most public situations can be approached like private speaking. For most men, talk is primarily a means to preserve independence and negotiate and maintain status in a hierarchical social order. This is done by exhibiting knowledge and skill, and by holding center stage through verbal performance such as storytelling, joking, or imparting information. From childhood, men learn to use talking as a way to get and keep attention. So they are more comfortable speaking in larger groups made up of people they know less well--in the broadest sense, "public speaking." But even the most private situations can be approached like public speaking, more like giving a report than establishing rapport.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
... any men who would give up the law-making power to women in order to remedy existing evils, would surely be those most ready to... enact the needful laws themselves.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The General Order is always to manoeuver in a body and on the attack; to maintain strict but not pettifogging discipline; to keep ...the troops constantly at the ready; to employ the utmost vigilance on sentry go; to use the bayonet on every possible occasion; and to follow up the enemy remorselessly until he is utterly destroyed.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
A man may lack everything but tact and conviction and still be a forcible speaker; but without these nothing will avail.... Fluenc...y, grace, logical order, and the like, are merely the decorative surface of oratory.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The attitude that nature is chaotic and that the artist puts order into it is a very absurd point of view, I think. All that we ca...n hope for is to put some order into ourselves.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Today, San Francisco has experienced a double tragedy of incredible proportions. As acting mayor, I order an immediate state of mo...urning in our city. The city and county of San Francisco must and will pull itself together at this time. We will carry on as best as we possibly can.... I think we all have to share the same sense of shame and the same sense of outrage.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »