"Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems i...
"Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help or concluded you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership." Colin Powell
“One of the worst things about life is not how nasty the na...
“One of the worst things about life is not how nasty the nasty people are. You know that already. It is how nasty the nice people can be.” -- Anthony Powell ("The Kindly Ones") (1962)
“One of the basic human rights is to make fun of other people w...
“One of the basic human rights is to make fun of other people whoever they are. That now seems threatened on all sides.” -- Anthony Powell ("To Keep the Ball Rolling [The Strangers Are All Gone]")
“Ladies like a man to rescue. A job that offers a chal...
“Ladies like a man to rescue. A job that offers a challenge. They can annex the property at a cheap rate, and ruthlessly develop it.” -- Anthony Powell (Temporary Kings)
"The Old Year has gone. Let the dead past bury its own dead. The Ne...
"The Old Year has gone. Let the dead past bury its own dead. The New Year has taken possession of the clock of time. All hail the duties and possibilities of the coming twelve months!" - Edward Payson Powell
"They're a wonderful medication -- not medication. How wou...
"They're a wonderful medication -- not medication. How would you call it? They're called Ambien, which is very good. You don't use Ambien? Everybody here uses Ambien." - Colin Powell