James Richardson
James Richardson
Admiral in charge of Pearl Harbor prior to the Japanese attack.
ProfessionWar Hero
Date of Birth18 September 1878
CityParis, TX
dream let-me
Let me have my dreams but not what I dream of.
writing trying hearing
When I am trying to write I turn on music so I can hear what is keeping me from hearing.
jobs boys enough
It's amazing that I sit at my job all day and no one sees me clearly enough to say What is that boy doing behind a desk?
philosophical suffering littles
The happy and the suffering probably understand life equally well, but the sufferers may see a little more clearly how little it is that they understand.
What is more yours than what always holds you back?
believe belief
A belief is a question we have put aside so we can get on with what we believe we have to do.
annoyed feelings annoying
How often feelings are circular. How embarrassing to be embarrassed. How annoying to be annoyed.
important instruction
Nothing important comes with instructions.
reading writing mean
Only half of writing is saying what you mean. The other half is preventing people from reading what they expected you to mean.