James Richardson
James Richardson
Admiral in charge of Pearl Harbor prior to the Japanese attack.
ProfessionWar Hero
Date of Birth18 September 1878
CityParis, TX
knows
That others know: science. That others choose: politics.
solitude towels take-time
Solitude takes time. One becomes alone, like a towel drying.
heart thinking use
Suppose you had to remember to beat your heart, contract in exact sequence the muscles you use for every step. ... Conservatism comes out of the body, the sense of many things being done for us that any attempt to re-think, or even make conscious, would fatally disrupt.
burden value-yourself values
Value yourself according to the burdens you carry, and you will find everything a burden.
different
Patience is not very different from courage. It just takes longer.
waste wasting-time wasting-my-time
If I do not waste time, I am wasting my time.
book thinking years
Books serve us simply by opening a window on all we wanted to say and feel and think about. We may not even notice that they have not said it themselves till we go back to them years later and do not find what we loved in them. You cannot keep the view by taking the window with you.
ambition ambitious
I am not unambitious. I am just too ambitious for what you call ambitions.
views museums mind
The mind is like a well-endowed museum, only a small fraction of its holdings on view at any one time.
thinking
Say too soon what you think and you will say what everyone else thinks.
smart stupid character
Think of all the smart people made stupid by flaws of character. The finest watch isn't fine long when used as a hammer.
abuse firsts realizing
The first abuse of power is not realizing that you have it.
temptation method greater
Greater than the temptations of beauty are those of method.
water pieces tiny
Seizing on a piece of business, I become tiny, eager, efficient: roiled water I cannot see into.