Cannonade Quotes

#1. The military mind is indeed a menace. Old-fashioned futurity that sees only men fighting and dying in smoke and fire; hears nothing more civilized than a cannonade; scents nothing but the stink of battle-wounds and blood.

Sean O'Casey

#2. Outside, the detonation of loudly-slammed taxi doors, suggesting the opening of a cannonade, had died down.

Anthony Powell

#3. If we have a heart to learn and a willingness to follow the example of children, their divine attributes can hold a key to unlocking our own spiritual growth.

Jean A. Stevens

#4. It is necessary for a Senator to be thoroughly acquainted with the constitution; and this is a knowledge of the most extensive nature; a matter of science, of diligence, of reflection, without which no Senator can possibly be fit for his office.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

#5. People are reluctant to talk about old age and death because they are afraid of emotion, and they willingly avoid the things they feel most emotional about, though these are the very things they most need to talk about.

Paul Tournier

#6. In the business world there are two types of people. The talkers, and the closers. Which one do you want to be?

Mark Davis

#7. A third ... candidate for Shakespearean authorship was Christopher Marlowe. He was the right age (just two months older than Shakespeare), had the requisite talent, and would certainly have had ample leisure after 1593, assuming he wasn't too dead to work.

Bill Bryson

#8. If there ever has been any confusion about my sexuality, then you are someone that doesn't even know me!

Jonathan Knight

#9. Nothing is implied here. Except the possibility that everything is connected.

Tom Robbins

#10. Anyone who wants to know who I am can just read my lyrics - I've always written about who I am.

Joan Jett

#11. I believe that woman are superior to men.

Carl Andre

#12. Someone said that our goals keep us going, but it's our dreams that make us tick. So if you disconnect your goals from your dreams, don't be surprised if one morning you realize that your life is on autopilot.

Ray N. Kuili

#13. I'd been dominant because I knew myself, and in knowing myself, I had the confidence to bind and hit and hurt, because I'd know when to stop.

C.D. Reiss

#14. Spirituality for me is the sum total of all the acts of my day.

Ari L. Goldman

#15. What I didn't want to do is get into a ratings race with television because really, for them, it matters. For me, it doesn't.

Ted Sarandos