Famous Quotes & Sayings

Daniel H. Hill

Jackson went from the professor's chair to the officer's saddle. He carried with him the very elements of character which made him odious as a teacher; but I never saw him in an arbitrary mood.

Daniel H. Hill

Jackson, however, persevered. He joined the Franklin Debating Society, an institution that had been in existence over fifty years, and had enrolled in its membership some of the ablest men in Virginia.

George Haven Putnam

Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith, let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.

James Stockdale

I was commanding officer of a supersonic fighter squadron, FA Crusaders.

Oliver North

I think as a rifle platoon and company commander your view is about 1,000 meters in front of you and you hope you can cover that ground and not have to back up and give it up again.

Henry Knox

Unless this is done, we shall be liable to be ruled by an arbitrary and capricious armed tyranny, whose word and will must be law.

James Longstreet

In the case of the armies at Fredericksburg it would have been, to say the least, very hazardous to give counter-attack, the Federal position being about as strong as ours from which we had driven them back.

Calamity Jane

In 1865 we emigrated from our homes in Missourri by the overland route to Virginia City, Montana, taking five months to make the journey.

Janis Karpinski

If you hold thousands of prisoners, you have to feed them, clothe them, care for them, provide medical attention - and there were no provisions.

Steve Adams

Hard data is behind boundary changes. It is not an arbitrary decision at all.

Friedrich August von Hayek

It is not the source but the limitation of power which prevents it from being arbitrary.

Kate Chopin

And Nature takes no account of moral consequences, of arbitrary conditions which we create, and which we feel obliged to maintain at any cost.

Cisco Systems

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability on Cisco IOS may result in a reload of the device or execution of arbitrary code, ... Repeated exploitation could result in a sustained (denial of service) attack or execution of arbitrary code.

Doug Taylor

These charges are nothing but an easy money-spinner for the banks. Charges should be fair and reflect the costs involved - not, as they are now, an arbitrary figure picked to make the most money out of unsuspecting customers.

Dmitry Oleynikov

These remotely controlled in vivo robots provide the surgeon with an enhanced field of view from arbitrary angles, as well as provide dexterous manipulators not constrained by small incisions in the abdominal wall.

Michael Waltrip

That's going to be really arbitrary to police because even the most sublime bump drafts at a time when a guy's getting ready to make a move in another direction can result in sending a guy out of control.

Immanuel Kant

To be fully comfortable to the principle of right, the form of government must be representative. This is the only one that permits republicanism, without which the government is arbitrary and despotic, whatever the constitution may be.

Carey Nachenberg

What it will do is search through the C: through Z: drives and select randomly a set of files of varying extensions, and then it will zero out or kill the contents of an arbitrary extension of those files,

Roy H. Williams

James and Dee didn't seem to be too carried away or too emotional out there. They were just businesslike, and they got their team into what they wanted to do.

Bob Bolen

He was a hard worker at Woodrow, and it's carried over to his coaching, I think he's doing a great job. He was a tremendous player and always a joy to be around. He's always been a great kid, he was a great kid growing up, now he's a great young man.

Scott Erickson

He carried us. Before the game he guaranteed that we would win.

Joe Torre

He carried that with him the first half of the year. If for some reason his routine gets disrupted, (he's) sort of off-center. But he left spring with a good look in his eye.

Mike McGee

He is probably one of the most competitive people I've ever met and that has been carried on to me,

Stephen J. Cannell

I formed my own studio, carried my own deficits, owned one-hundred percent of my negatives, and made a lot of mistakes, but we ended up being the third largest TV studio in Hollywood.

Fiorenzo Facchini

God's project of creation can be carried out through secondary causes in the natural course of events.

Tim Corbin

I thought our pitching and defense carried us in this game. Pedro not only led us at the plate, but made some good defensive plays at third as well.

Richard Preece

I think because they live in trees and are particularly sticky, they're prone to being carried by birds.

Shakira

I feel comfortable in my pop shoes. They let me walk in any direction. I like to go from one extreme to the other. One day I feel that I want to do a song with reggaeton influence, I do it. The next day I feel I need to do a song with rock elements to it, I do it.

Tim Jackson

I think you put the combination of those three elements together and you've got a real premiere festival,

Tom O'Neil

It has all the elements that the Globe voters like. It has an important social message. It has A-list stars. It's part of the public debate.

Tupac Shakur

I want there to be a life for the street element. Instead of we always getting shut out. Instead of defenseless, having power.

Donald Tsang

I suggest we work on all these elements and reach the final destination of universal suffrage as quickly as possible.

Christopher Hill

The issue is the tactics of how we express the elements of the document.

Leslie Manigat

I'm not saying that Preval himself is involved, but there are elements around him, and in this country, that resort to violence in situations like these. I want to think we can have a peaceful contest, but I fear the worst.

Chris Roberson

It's hard to point to any single inspiration for 'iZombie' since, in actuality, it's made up from elements inspired by all kinds of different thing all mashed up together.

Vince Morris

It's very tightly written. We went over all of the elements of it. It's extremely strong.

Bob Hartwig

Jackson was not targeted for any other reason than the physical condition, the location of it and being able to put students in other schools.

Kenneth Edmonds

I mean, it's nice to know Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson, but when you're sitting next to a movie star, that's a whole 'nother thing.

Robin Clifford

Once Jackson is satisfied, he will make a statement,

Keith Stanfield

I wanted to be as genuine as possible because all those people like Jimmie Lee Jackson - me, Mike Brown, all these people - we're all the same; we're not much different.

Danny Fortson

Just because he is Stu Jackson and all that, maybe I am supposed to be scared and not speak my mind. But if I see something that is wrong, and I feel wronged, I am going to speak my mind. As simple as that.

Larry Dixon

How important has Phil Jackson been to the success of the Lakers? He's very important.

Vijay

I liked Michael Jackson and used to practice his steps. I enjoy dancing!

Conor Maynard

My parents listened to a lot of music when I was really little. They used to listen to people like Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder and I used to be really into that.

Christopher Lee

Before 'Lord of the Rings,' some people would have just classed Peter Jackson as a horror director. But there is a mind there.

Bill Cowher

I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for him. He saw something in me I'm not sure I saw in myself.

Denny Green

He didn't get in. I thought he was in until I saw the replay.

Mike Patterson

He just saw the same things in me and him.

Danny Aiello

My father never saw me play ball, and I was an outstanding ballplayer. I missed all that adoration.

Shun Long

I tipped it. I just saw it and I took it.

Jim Tressel

I didn't really see it at all. All I saw was there was a big pileup.

Jose Antonio Vargas

I did not realize how broken I was until I saw how broken Mama was.

Annika Sorenstam

I come from a little town just like she does, ... So for her to travel all the way from Sweden and live your dream, when I saw that headline, I said, 'That's what I want to do.'

William Friedkin

In the case of a film like The Exorcist or To Live and Die in L.A., I saw the whole movie in my head before I went to shoot it. I never did storyboards, or anything like that. I had the film in my head.