Famous Quotes & Sayings

Michel Bonnardeaux

Hundreds of civilians have fled the fighting and the militiamen have been torching houses as they disperse.

Ambrose Gwinett Bierce

RECRUIT, n. A person distinguishable from a civilian by his uniform and from a soldier by his gait.Fresh from the farm or factory or street, His marching, in pursuit or in retreat, Were an impressive martial spectacle Except for two impediments --his feet. --Thompson Johnson

Kofi Annan

It's incumbent on the leaders to really do whatever they can to reign in their forces and ensure that innocent civilians are not the ones to pay the price,

David Benelli

There will be a lot of police officers that will think this is another word for civilian review board.

Colleen Kelley

A larger increase for military families clearly is in order. So too, however, is a larger increase for the men and women of the government's civilian workforce.

Alessio Vinci

We saw roofs collapsed, we saw holes in the walls, quite extensive damage to the civilian population.

Michael Mullen

Some 70% to 80% of all who join the military will return to the civilian workforce. They'll return to communities, and one of the things I've worried about is the increasing disconnect between the American people and our men and women in uniform. We come from fewer and fewer places. We're less than 1% of the population.

Zahir Azimi

The toll is nine people killed - one civilian driver and eight military personnel - and 36 wounded,

Gerald Steinberg

Israel can reduce the civilian presence, but maintain military control.

Joe Battista

I think in the end, in the future this team is going to make things happen.

Samantha Bond

I lost a girlfriend when I was in my 30s. She was 46. It all sounds so trite, but I put a Post-it on my dressing-room wall. It said, 'The past is history. The future is a mystery. This moment is a gift, which is why it's called the present.'

Thomas Piketty

I don't pretend that I can predict the future value of the growth rate or rate of return.

Eric Davis

We've got to think about everything possible that there is to think about. We have got to turn over every stone, and look into the future to find out what's waiting for us. What can physics do ... where should physics be going?

Craig Patrick

He wasn't playing like he was two years ago, and I didn't see us re-signing him. This was a good opportunity to get a player for the future and someone who can do the job defensively this year and possibly beyond.

William Winwood Reade

And then, the Earth being small, mankind will migrate into space, and will cross the airless Saharas which separate planet from planet and sun from sun. The Earth will become a Holy Land which will be visited by pilgrims from all the quarters of the Universe. Finally, men will master the forces of Nature; they will become themselves architects of systems, manufacturers of worlds.

Wernher von Braun

There are flying grandfathers. But I intend to be an orbiting grandfather.

Samuel Goldwyn

Never make forecasts, especially about future.

Wangari Maathai

As long as there is no trust and confidence that there will be justice and fairness in resource distribution, political positioning will remain more important than service

Ted Cruz

I think issues and substance, policy and vision and record should be the meat of politics.

Reuben Brewer

I think the most salient issue right now (in the industry) is how to make a buck.

David Neumark

I think what the living-wage movement has done in the past 11 years is incredible. How many other issues are there where progressives have been this successful? I can't think of one.

Laura Tyson

I think that's understood as a policy issue in China. I don't think it's understood as a policy issue in the United States.

Kip Meek

There is an issue that needs to be addressed.

Peter Clarke

We may be more vulnerable to sea level rise than we thought and it may be more rapid than we have anticipated. This is an issue we should take very seriously.

Bill Graham

I did point out (that) his is a minority that is even less strong than ours and on many of these issues he knows that not only (does) he represent a minority of members of the House, but also in terms of the electorate.

Jack Cardetti

He is literally tiptoeing around this issue as he travels around Missouri.

Wangari Maathai

Unfortunately, the issues of climate change, unlike many other issues, are very subtle because the changes we observe are very, very subtle.

Mary Pierce

I think it is possible. Whether it happens, I don't know.

Nick Cave

Everything that's said against me offends me, whether it's true or not.

Tom Woods

I don't know whether 3-3 would do for us, I don't know if 4-2 would do. But I know 6-0 would do.

F. Schumacher

That has to be our target. Whether it's realistic, we'll find out in Bahrain.

Lester Funk

We're 16-4 right now, but we could be 0-20 and the sportsmanship has to be there whether we win or lose.

Deirdre O'Kane

I can't function if I don't have tea. I don't know whether it's psychological or a real necessity, but I just need it.

Sherry Scarberry

Someone has to be there with him 24/7, whether it be me or Robbie.

Cary Finberg

Whether you win by one-point or 20, it doesn't matter. You still get the title.

Dick Hill

You can always find Curtis, whether it's the Jeep or the Big Bird.