Douhet Quotes

#1. I tried to play every sport. I wasn't great at most of them, but at least I tried!

Britt Robertson

#2. To conquer the command in the air means victory; to be beaten in the air means defeat.

Giulio Douhet

#3. Would not the sight of a single enemy airplane be enough to induce a formidable panic? Normal life would be unable to continue under the constant threat of death and imminent destruction.

Giulio Douhet

#4. You'll be scared! Sure you'll be scared. Who wouldn't fear having their head completely blown off.

Giulio Douhet

#5. Fighting with Shay at my side was more than fun. It was everything.

Andrea Cremer

#6. Sisters are brittle things. God was penurious with me, which makes me shrewd with Him. One is a dainty sum! One bird, one cage, one flight; one song in those far woods, as yet suspected by faith only!

Emily Dickinson

#7. Almost everyone first realized they were becoming a grown woman when some dude did something nasty to them ... It was mostly men yelling shit from cars. Are they a patrol sent out to let girls know they've crossed into puberty? If so, it's working.

Tina Fey

#8. Because of its independence of surface limitations and its superior speed the airplane is the offensive weapon par excellence.

Giulio Douhet

#9. I've made a point of not being, say what I refer to as a 'careerist' about anything.

Jon Brion

#10. The realization of our true substance and potential is the purpose of creation.

Morihei Ueshiba

#11. At times like this you desperately need Art. You seek to reconnect with your spiritual illusions, and you wish fervently that something might rescue you from your biological destiny, so that all poetry and grandeur will not be cast out from the world

Muriel Barbery

#12. In order to assure an adequate national defense, it is necessary - and sufficient - to be in a position in case of war to conquer the command of the air.

Giulio Douhet

#13. All fighters run. The constant motion prepares you for being in the ring. And running strengthens your legs. Punching power comes from your lower body.

Laila Ali

#14. To conquer the command of the air means victory; to be beaten in the air means defeat and acceptance of whatever terms the enemy may be pleased to impose.

Giulio Douhet

#15. My apologies. I meant no offense." Except that his tone told her he didn't mean a word he'd just spoken.

Jean Oram

#16. I've been treating you with courtesy and respect because that's the way I choose to treat everyone. But never, ever mistake kindness with weakness.

Louise Penny

#17. To have command of the air means to be able to cut an enemy's army and navy off from their bases of operation and nullify their chances of winning the war.

Giulio Douhet

#18. Good politics are often inextricably intertwined.

Mo Udall

#19. Take revenge, not by hurting someone, but by succeeding in life and helping those who were hurting you in the past.

Debasish Mridha

#20. The world is fantastic...it's the ultimate absurd circus and I am shot from a cannon into the energy!

Michael Fitzsimmons

#21. Victory smiles upon those who anticipate the change in the character of war, not upon those who wait to adapt themselves after the changes occur.

Giulio Douhet

#22. The one effective method of defending one's own territory from an offensive by air is to destroy the enemy's air power with the greatest possible speed.

Giulio Douhet

#23. Education has failed in a very serious way to convey the most important lesson science can teach: skepticism.

David Suzuki