There are a dozen different ways of delivering destruction in impersonal wholesale, via ships and missiles of one sort or another, catastrophes so widespread, so unselective, that the war is over because that nation or planet has ceased to exist. What we do is entirely different. We make war as personal as a punch in the nose. We can be selective, applying precisely the required amount of pressure at the specified point at a designated time . . . .
We are the boys who go to a particular place, at H-hour, occupy a designated terrain, stand on it, dig the enemy out of their holes, force them then and there to surrender or die. We're the bloody infantry, the doughboy, the duckfoot, the foot soldier who goes where the enemy is and takes him on in person. We've been doing it, with changes in weapons but very little change in our trade, at least since the time five thousand years ago when the foot sloggers of Sargon the Great forced the Sumerians to cry "Uncle!"
Maybe they'll be able to do without us someday. Maybe some mad enius with myopia, a bulging forehead, and a cybernetic mind will devise a weapon that can go down a hole, pick out the opposition, adn force it to surrender or die--without killing that gang of your own people they've got imprisoned down there. I wouldn't know; I'm not a genius, I'm an M.I. In the meantime, until they build a machine to replace us, my mates can handle that job--and I might be some help on it, too.
Mots clés war infantry precision
But, he thought, I keep them with precision. Only I have no luck anymore. But who knows? Maybe today. Every day is a new day. It is better to be lucky. But I would rather be exact. Then when luck comes you are ready.
Ernest HemingwayWriting is thinking. To write well is to think clearly. That's why it's so hard."
(Interview with NEH chairman Bruce Cole, Humanities, July/Aug. 2002, Vol. 23/No. 4)
Mots clés thinking writing thought creative-process clarity precision
Accidents are not accidents but precise arrivals at the wrong right time.
Dejan StojanovicMots clés wisdom books poetry philosophy time literature poets wrong right quotes accidents precision poetry-quotes literature-quotes dejan-stojanovic the-sun-watches-the-sun precise wrong-right-time
All nature has come to expect from God a sense of orderliness. Whatever God does carries with it His fingerprint. And in the world around us His fingerprint of orderliness is evident to anybody who is honest with the facts. If you look at nature, you will discover a mathematical exactness. Without this precision, the entire world would be in utter confusion. One plus one always equals two no matter what part of the universe you happen to be in. And the laws of nature operate in beautiful harmony, a harmony that is ordered by God Himself.
A.W. TozerMots clés nature god harmony precision exactness fingerprint
Move back,” the man on the left ordered Valek. “Or I’ll skewer your friend.”
Valek considered the threat. “Do you plan to wound, maim or kill him?” he asked the guard.
“Threats should be specific in order to have the maximum impact.”
The man just stared at him.
“Skewer is just too vague. I think if you say, ’Stand back or I’ll stab him in the stomach,’ then I have an idea about how serious you are. After all, Leif’s stomach is his favorite body part so that’s a decent threat.
Mots clés effectiveness threats precision valek leif-zaltana
See if you can approach your own practice with a healthy combination of mindfulness, playfulness, precision, and curiosity
Cyndi LeeMots clés curiosity mindfulness precision
Not that the story need be long, but it will take a long while to make it short.”
[Letter to Harrison Blake; November 16, 1857]
Mots clés writing storytelling conciseness precision
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