G Douhet Quotes

#1. 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

#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. Good things must have comparers, I suppose,' said Portia, 'Or how would we knowhow good they are?

Elizabeth Enright

#6. In God's name cheerly on, courageous friends,
To reap the harvest of perpetual peace
By this one bloody trial of sharp war.

William Shakespeare

#7. Life's contentment is like an abstract edifice with a domed ceiling of insanity

Munia Khan

#8. The late Franz Borkenau once said, after he had broken with the Communist Party, that he could no longer put up with the practice of discussing municipal regulations in the categories of Hegelian logic, and Hegelian logic in the spirit of meetings of the town council.

Theodor W. Adorno

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

Giulio Douhet

#10. 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

#11. At the end of the day, it's not a normal condition to have interest rates at zero.

Lloyd Blankfein

#12. I love you like a fat kid love cake.

Curtis Jackson

#13. All you can do in this life is follow your dreams. Otherwise you're just wasting your time.

David Walliams

#14. Some of us got our reputations because we wrote good books or had clever publicists. He got his reputation through sheer hard work.

James A. Owen

#15. 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

#16. 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

#17. You don't just walk out because you think someone has insulted you and your pride has been hurt.

Jimmy Iovine

#18. 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

#19. Prior to the Civil War, most libraries were either privately owned or housed in universities or churches.

Karin Slaughter

#20. All you need is within you

Dawn James