“I don't see how you can write anything of value if you don't offend someone.”
Marvin Harris (1927–2001) American anthropologist
Video game commentary, Calm Time (November 23, 2013)
“I don't see how you can write anything of value if you don't offend someone.”
Marvin Harris (1927–2001) American anthropologist
“If you don't take risks in life, you'll never see anything new.”
Blake Lewis (1981) American musician
Commenting on his take of You Give Love a Bad Name by Bon Jovi in the Bon Jovi-themed week in his pre-performance clip on May 1, 2007.
Attributed, On American Idol
Orson Scott Card book Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus
Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus (1996)
“Life is like a trumpet. If you don't put anything into it, you don't get anything out.”
W. C. Handy (1873–1958) American blues composer and musician
Music Preservation Society biography http://www.wchandymusicfestival.org/downloads/HandyBiography.pdf <br class="br">Variant: Life is like a trumpet - if you don't put anything into it, you don't get anything out of it.
“You don't have anything
if you don't have the stories.”
Leslie Marmon Silko book Ceremony
Source: Ceremony
“Don't fight a battle if you don't gain anything by winning.”
Erwin Rommel (1891–1944) German field marshal of World War II
This is cited to to Rommel's Infanterie Greift An [Infantry Attacks] (1937) in World War II : The Definitive Visual History (2009) by Richard Holmes, p. 128, and Timelines of History (2011) by DK Publishing, p. 392, but to George S. Patton, in Patton's Principles : A Handbook for Managers Who Mean It! (1982) by Porter B. Williamson as well as Leadership (1990) by William Safire and Leonard Safir, p. 47
Disputed
Source: Rommel: In His Own Words
“Don't fight a battle if you don't gain anything by winning.”
George S. Patton (1885–1945) United States Army general
This is cited to Patton in Patton's Principles : A Handbook for Managers Who Mean It! (1982) by Porter B. Williamson as well as Leadership (1990) by William Safire and Leonard Safir, p. 47, but is also cited to Erwin Rommel from his Infanterie Greift An [Infantry Attacks] (1937) in World War II : The Definitive Visual History (2009) by Richard Holmes, p. 128, and Timelines of History (2011) by DK Publishing, p. 392
Disputed