La plupart des gens ne meurent qu'au dernier moment ; d'autres commencent et s'y prennent vingt ans d'avance et parfois davantage.


Louis-Ferdinand Céline

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My center is giving way, my right is in retreat; situation excellent. I shall attack.
FERDINAND FOCH
A human society obeys the dictates of reason and is guided and governed by a respect for justice.
FERDINAND BUISSON
We must not forget that chemical warfare will sooner or later bring in its wake bacteriological warf...
FERDINAND BUISSON
From the day war conquered the skies, nothing could check its progress.
FERDINAND BUISSON
My centre is giving way, my right is in retreat, situation excellent. I attack.
FERDINAND FOCH
The Church says that the earth is flat, but I know that it is round, for I have seen the shadow on t...
FERDINAND MAGELLAN
"The Church says that the Earth is flat, but I know that it is round. For I have seen the shadow on ...
FERDINAND MAGELLAN
Fiat justitia et pereat mundus.
Let justice be done, though the world perish.
FERDINAND I
The church says the earth is flat, but I know that it is round, for I have seen the shadow on the mo...
FERDINAND MAGELLAN
The will to conquer is the first condition of victory.
FERDINAND FOCH
None but a coward dares to boast that he has never known fear.
FERDINAND FOCH
These statements about torture, about alleged misuse of power and things like that, insulted the Fil...
FERDINAND MARCOS
My friends in the opposition have forgotten that the constitution of the Philippines was amended in ...
FERDINAND MARCOS
I couldn't find the sports car of my dreams, so I built it myself.
FERDINAND PORSCHE
Filipinos are not worse than any other colonized people except that our colonization was a little lo...
FERDINAND MARCOS
Design must be functional, and functionality must be translated into visual aesthetics without any r...
FERDINAND PORSCHE
My life has been devoted to the upliftment of the Filipino by reestablishing his identity and dignit...
FERDINAND MARCOS
History should not be left to the historians. Rather, be like Churchill. Make history, and then writ...
FERDINAND MARCOS
We are also further than ever from equality of opportunity.
FERDINAND MOUNT
I came into the world at the same time as the auto, if you will.
FERDINAND PORSCHE
The challenge to America is to extend to Asia the defensive shield of American power in forms conson...
FERDINAND MARCOS
America must realize, there are conditions she must accept in Asia. The first is a diversity of Asia...
FERDINAND MARCOS
For a long time, it was believed that war was waged by armies which could not be identified with the...
FERDINAND BUISSON
There is a hangover from a defeat like Denmark - ask any player about when they've had a bad gam...
RIO FERDINAND
If any player has a bad game it's there in the back of your mind in the next game. There's a...
RIO FERDINAND
I was deposed by a coup d'etat, by friends that I trusted and aided by the American Government.
FERDINAND MARCOS
In the Philippines, the host should always be willing to defer to the wishes of the guest.
FERDINAND MARCOS
I am the emperor, and I want dumplings.
FERDINAND I
I am ashamed to run against a lady. It's demeaning, very degrading. I have always refused to arg...
FERDINAND MARCOS
The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire. -Ferdinand Foch.
FERDINAND FOCH
A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.
FERDINAND FOCH
The fundamental qualities for good execution of a plan is first; intelligence; then discernment and ...
FERDINAND FOCH
If we had a starting XI that no one could argue about it wouldn't say a lot for English football...
RIO FERDINAND
It's not really going to make anyone rich,
FERDINAND MARCOS
You are always flattered when big clubs are interested in you.
RIO FERDINAND
I would venture to say that if you want to buy dollars, they would be cheapest here because of the v...
FERDINAND MARCOS
We only sold a portion because, upon the advice of the World Bank, those carbon credits that we are ...
FERDINAND MARCOS
Frankly, if there's money to be made the province would have involved itself.
FERDINAND MARCOS
I can feel it in my bones that no matter what we do, even if we do not do anything, the revolutionar...
FERDINAND MARCOS
I can understand the Cultural Revolution of Mao Tse-tung.
FERDINAND MARCOS
From that moment on, the newspaper became a highly lucrative investment for those with a talent for ...
FERDINAND LASSALLE
I set myself high standards on the pitch and I know I have not always lived up to them this season.
RIO FERDINAND
Only to he avoid misunderstandings, I must say that even last year, when I wrote my pamphlet, I hear...
FERDINAND LASSALLE
It was wicked meeting Nelson Mandela
RIO FERDINAND
I had a chat with the manager to get a clear picture about stories in the papers [about being droppe...
RIO FERDINAND
I played against him in training every day and he used to elbow me, kick me and head-butt me,
RIO FERDINAND
He's a fantastic player who's done very well in Scotland and he's an absolute handful.
RIO FERDINAND
He's a quality player,
RIO FERDINAND
I haven't played volleyball in over a year. I miss it but I think it helps. It's better than cross c...
RACHEL FERDINAND
They've (Chelsea) been very consistent this season and deserve credit for that. We could have put a ...
RIO FERDINAND
Authority has to exist before it can be limited, and it is authority that is in scarce supply in tho...
FERDINAND MARCOS
I'll be gutted if Roy does go because I would far rather he stayed at Old Trafford,
RIO FERDINAND
President Reagan has no enemies in the Phillipines.
FERDINAND MARCOS
But I felt all the more bound to make this proposal, because it at once turns to a reproach.
FERDINAND LASSALLE
People think we don't give a toss about the game, but when I walked out of Windsor Park that nig...
RIO FERDINAND
hit me like a thunderbolt.
RIO FERDINAND
We're not expecting it to be the same as then at all,
RIO FERDINAND
The church says the earth is flat; but I have seen its shadow on the moon, and I have more confidenc...
FERDINAND MAGELLAN
Without basic restructuring, the losses at the Volkswagen brand won't be eliminated.
FERDINAND DUDENHOEFFER
It's really an open issue. I feel at the moment, it's 10 to 10 votes.
FERDINAND PIECH
Volkswagen has made a strategic decision to expand in the area of heavy commercial vehicles, in line...
FERDINAND PIECH
Above the 800 a day threshold we would have to produce the car in Europe. We will reach a decision i...
FERDINAND PIECH
I would have preferred to keep both brands. But in the way (that) it developed, I am very satisfied.
FERDINAND PIECH
The new Beetle cannot deny its origin and the magic of its shape, ... We believe the new Beetle is n...
FERDINAND PIECH
During my career several people have tried to push me out the door, ... Nobody has succeeded yet.
FERDINAND PIECH
I never thought (the crowd) was that huge. When you realize you are not
alone, you grow strong...
FERDINAND MARCOS
You even have tourists visiting the site which is great. It would make people more conscious about t...
FERDINAND MARCOS
Do You Want To?
FRANZ FERDINAND
Most people hear 'When the Levee Breaks' and they go, 'Well, it's just an homage to the 1927 Mississ...
FRANZ FERDINAND
Franz Ferdinand: Hooks And Books.
FRANZ FERDINAND
Better
FRANZ FERDINAND
The O.C.
FRANZ FERDINAND
He would never do just the usual on-the-road burgers and chips.
FRANZ FERDINAND
He and I are both big foodies.
FRANZ FERDINAND
You Could Have It So Much Better.
FRANZ FERDINAND
The rain still hasn't stopped.
FRANZ FERDINAND
The value of the final few years of life to an 80-year-old means he'll spend whatever it costs for a...
FERDINAND DUDENHOEFFER
Without basic restructuring, the losses at the Volkswagen brand won't be eliminated. Our analysis su...
FERDINAND DUDENHOEFFER
I didn't really like it up there (at Winchendon). I didn't like the dorm situation I was in. It was ...
FERDINAND BAILEY
That's who I battle every day for a starting spot. Whoever comes to play in practice, that's who's s...
FERDINAND BAILEY
He's doing good. He's up to par with his subjects. He tells me he likes it. The only thing is that t...
FERDINAND BAILEY
He felt lonely and out of place. In the summer I saw the mood that he was in, he wasn't too happy wi...
FERDINAND BAILEY
I know I can't go on forever - how can I forget it when my so-called team-mates keep asking me which...
LES FERDINAND
I was surprised, but I always say nothing surprises me in football.
LES FERDINAND
Elementary considerations led me to the conclusion that a medium, composed of layers of different di...
KARL FERDINAND BRAUN
In the summer of 1902, I was able to erect two experimental stations on two forts at Strasbourg for ...
KARL FERDINAND BRAUN
Considering the greater amounts of energy which can be collected and stored in suitable experimental...
KARL FERDINAND BRAUN