Military Watch Tower

My family tree could use some pruning. - Unknown

The righteous will flourish like the palm tree. - Psalms 92:12

Spying between friends - that's just not done. - Angela Merkel

A sure cure for seasickness is to sit under a tree. - Spike Milligan

Marketing strategy is a lot like military strategy. - Liddell Hart

Soldiers win the battles and generals get the credit. - Napoleon Bonaparte

Preoccupied with a single leaf you won't see the tree. - Vagabond

There is no security in this life. There is only opportunity. - Douglas MacAurthur

Military justice is to justice what military music is to music. - Groucho Marx

Character is the root of the tree; conduct, the fruit it bears. - E.M. Bounds

Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps a singing bird will come. - Chinese Proverb

Be harmonious with each other, enrich the soldiers, ignore all others. - Septimius Severus

To acquire knowledge one must study. To acquire wisdom one must observe. - Marilyn Vos Savant

An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come. - Victor Hugo

The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now. - Chinese Proverb

I don't have to look up my family tree, because I know that I'm the sap. - Fred Allen

It is true greatness to have in one the frailty of a man and the security of a god. - Lucius Annaeus Seneca

If it weren't for electricity, we'd all be watching television by candlelight. - George Gobel

Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all. - George Washington

For those of you watching who do not have television sets, live commentary is on Radio 2. - David Coleman

You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you. - Eric Hoffer

Transplanting the ballet to the United States is like trying to raise a palm tree in Dakota. - Lincoln Kirsten

The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. - Thomas Jefferson

It used to be that when all else failed, a guy went into the army; now he becomes a consultant. - Blackie Sherrod

I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep. I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion. - Alexander the Great

The first who was king was a fortunate soldier: Who serves his country well has no need of ancestors. - Voltaire

I didn't know that painters and writers retired. They're like soldiers – they just fade away. - Lawrence Ferlinghetti

The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a family all wrapped up in each other. - Bill Vaughan

The reason there are so many tree-lined boulevards in Paris is so the German army can march in the shade. - George S Patton

We owe a lot to Thomas Edison - if it wasn't for him, we'd be watching television by candlelight. - Milton Berle

My wife is on a diet. Coconuts and bananas. She hasn't lost any weight, but she can sure climb a tree. - Henny Youngman

I played basketball in high school, and I love watching sports - I'll watch everything except maybe hockey. - Andy Roddick

Dance as if no one's watching, sing as if no one's listening, and live everyday as if it were your last. - Irish Proverb

The only security men can have for their political liberty, consists in keeping their money in their own pockets. - Lysander Spooner

They should have little disclaimer that says, "Do not operate heavy machinery while watching this show!" - Robin Williams

My other brother-in-law died. He was a karate expert, then joined the army. The first time he saluted, he killed himself. - Henny Youngman

You can't be suspicious of a tree, or accuse a bird or a squirrel of subversion or challenge the ideology of a violet. - Hal Borland

The perfect date for me would be staying at home, making a big picnic in bed, eating Wotsits and cookies while watching cable TV. - Kim Kardashian

Only when the last tree has withered, and the last fish caught, and the last river been poisoned, will we realize we cannot eat money. - Cree Proverb

In a world of complex threats, our security and leadership depends on all elements of our power - including strong and principled diplomacy. - Barack Obama