Famous Quotes & Sayings

Kit Bond

I pointed out on the floor last year, after Hurricane Katrina, we were very proud that one of our National Guard engineering battalions was called to Louisiana. And they did a magnificent job.

George Casey

In a year from now, if there's not more battalions at Level One, I'll be concerned. Right now, I'm not,

Stephen Davis

They do not bring battalions - they bring the leadership, the financial man, the demolition expert,

David Petraeus

The Germans have done wonderful work. Not long ago, a German battle group battalion conducted a very impressive counterinsurgency operation in a portion of Baghlan province. I think these are the first counterinsurgency operations conducted by any German element after World War II. And they did a very impressive job.

Andy Yakulis

Basically, the battalion commander of any unit is responsible for anything that unit does or fails to do.

John Walsh

Sgt. Travis Arndt was a dedicated young infantry soldier doing a difficult job in a difficult time. We grieve his loss here in Iraq. ... The men of this battalion will not forget his contributions and his sacrifice and we will miss him dearly.

Dave Smith

Sir, our Iraqi partners have been conducting battalion and Brigade-size operations since April. They have been planning and coordinating with other Iraqi security forces, such as the Iraqi police and local government agencies, preparing for this referendum. Sir, we as coalition forces, we have taken a supporting role only as they prepare to execute this referendum.

John Towers

I see more soldiers daily than I did as a battalion commander.

Scott Lewis

I said, 'I want to talk to someone big,' ... Ten minutes later, we were with the battalion commander.

Roger King

The element commander perceived hostile intent and an imminent threat to his troops and he ordered his unit to open fire,

Trevor Creed

The Jeep Commander is a fresh expression of the essence of Jeep design. It is the modern, quintessential Jeep.

Thomas Johnson

This man questioned a maneuver commander in the field. It is a slap in the face to all of us. He should know the uproar is just-caused.

Amy Walter

They're running for Congress, not commander in chief. Obviously, Iraq's an important issue, but at the same time, they need be able to talk about healthcare, the economy, gas prices.

John Edward

Decisive. Strong. Is this not what we need in a commander in chief?

Charles Gittins

Commander Waddle exercised his judgment, and he did his level best. He may have fallen short on that day, but it wasn't criminal.

Bryan Whitman

We don't want to take unnecessary risk. We do make sure that when we exercise military force we use the right resources, sufficient to get the job done. It is a decision made by the commander on the ground,

Daniel Craig

He's an assassin. (Bond) has to prove that he can do it, so if he doesn't manage it or do it properly, then he doesn't get his 00 credits and he'd have to go back to being a commander in the navy.

Eileen collins

Whether your commander is a man or woman doesn't really matter when it comes to getting your mission done.

Kathleen Troia McFarland

In foreign policy, the only thing worse than not doing something is doing something that fails or makes the situation worse.

C. S. Lewis

Failures, repeated failures, are finger posts on the road to achievement. One fails forward toward success.

Michael Ignatieff

Not even a superpower can hold onto its economic sovereignty if it fails to get its fiscal house in order, and no one needs a well-regulated international economic order more than the United States.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Bailing out every bank that fails makes the system riskier, not safer.

Anne Beatts

There was this real fear in doing 'Square Pegs' after getting such a fast ride to glory on 'Saturday Night Live'. I was afraid that the word would be 'peaks early, fails to live up to promise.'

Diana Nyad

I don't want to be the crazy woman who does it for years and years and years, and tries and fails and tries and fails and tries and fails, but I can swim from Cuba to Florida, and I will swim from Cuba to Florida.

Janice Bezanson

Texas law requires that the water plans protect the state's agricultural, natural and water resources. This plan fails on every count.

Jim Tocco

I've seen him in tons of parks and he does the same thing every time, but never fails to make me laugh. He's a versatile funny man.

John Wycliffe

Belief fails when it works not well indeed but is idle as a sleeping man... Each virtuous deed is strong when it is grounded upon the solidity of belief.

H. Hunt

I don't know of it being in this county, but I do know it's in the western United States.

Rebecca West

Literature must be an analysis of experience and a synthesis of the findings into a unity.

Woodrow Wilson

We cannot be separated in interest or divided in purpose. We stand together until the end.

Robert Torricelli

The day that I was elected to the United States Senate remains among the most cherished of my life.

Robert M. Gates

The United States has been a global power since late in the 19th century.

Vladimir Lenin

Unity is a great thing and a great slogan. But what the workers’ cause needs is the unity of Marxists, not unity between Marxists, and opponents and distorters of Marxism.

Rudolf Steiner

...the worlds represent increasing phases of densification, the involuting descent of spirit into matter, where the way becomes harder and longer...

Virginia Foxx

In the face of terrorism, a united front is one of the strongest weapons.

Wesley Clark

This is kind of hard to articulate, but in broad outline, the United States is going to do what the United States has to do.