Famous Quotes & Sayings

Phil Klay

I've been asked what differentiates war literature as a category, and I don't think there is anything.

Ben Macintyre

Deception is a sort of seduction. In love and war, adultery and espionage, deceit can only succeed if the deceived party is willing, in some way, to be deceived.

Bashar al-Assad

Many people, they flee not the war itself, but the consequences of the war, because they want to live, they want to have the basic needs for their livelihood, they don't have it. They have to flee these circumstances, not necessarily the security situation itself. So, you have different reasons for the people or the refugees to leave Syria.

Bashar al-Assad

Whenever you have a war, the civilians and the innocents will pay the price. That's in any war, any war is a bad war.

Bashar al-Assad

In any war, people will pay the price.

Bashar al-Assad

Think of the war against terrorism. In my view, Washington's approach can be compared to a doctor constantly banging away at a tumor instead of removing it surgically.

Bashar al-Assad

There is no good war.

Bashar al-Assad

In the war, you lose areas, but you recapture another area. So, it is difficult to tell whether you are losing or gaining or it was a standstill. No-one has this answer.

Baruch Spinoza

Peace is not the absence of war, but a virtue based on strength of character.

Nick Lampson

This is awfully, awfully early, ... It's got to be a recognition that he is at serious risk of losing his seat.

Stanley Nabi

This is a stock that has lost its way, and has lost it for a long period of time. It's in the process of losing its franchise.

Krzysztof Bobinski

You solve the unemployment problem, but you are losing the wrong people.

Brandon Worthy

Everyone was zero and zero (going into the tournament) and that losing streak was out of our minds.

Stanislas Wawrinka

I always try to find the positives in losing a match, but it's not always easy.

Garry Marshall

This will be interesting to see if there's a place for a girl's coming-of-age story, ... These movies are always about losing your virginity! But we're taking a new approach.

Lloyd Carr

There is nothing that can make you feel better after losing this game.

John Gibbons

You don't worry about that stuff, man. I'm still on the losing end. Someday, I can say I at least got to 100.

Robert Kiyosaki

Losers are those who are afraid of losing

Joseph Deiss

A 'no' would leave us in a very difficult situation,

Marjorie Scardino

As editor, he led the integration of print and online media, extended our international reach and steered the FT through the most difficult markets in its history.

Bruce Arena

As difficult as it looked last time around, I think it's going to look a heck of a lot worse this time around. I think it's going to look very challenging and it will be very challenging.

Ellen Tauscher

a safety net is just not there for people who are without a job or without skills in an increasingly difficult environment.

Stan Heath

Auburn is a difficult team to play because they have so many different defenses. We wanted to make sure we had a high energy level. I thought we responded pretty well in the second half.

Michael James

As long as oil is trading near $70 a barrel, interest rates on the 10-year (note) are around 5 percent and gold hovers at $600 an ounce, it will be difficult for equities to make headway.

Paul Wolfowitz

As impressive as that election was, Iraq still faces a difficult road ahead,

Cobi Jones

That was a big loss for a lot of people here personally and professionally. For us as a team, it's very difficult to replace someone who saw where the sport could go and where it needed to go.

Abdelaziz Bouteflika

People who have been so hurt hesitate to pardon, ... It is so easy to say 'sorry' but in reality here it is difficult to swallow.