Famous Quotes & Sayings

Stephen Kinzer

Guatemala's ornate presidential palace, once a terrifying fortress whose every corridor was patrolled by heavily armed soldiers in berets and camouflage uniforms, is now a normal public building where ordinary citizens enter without fear.

Capt. Spirlet

He's definitely considered armed and dangerous and has extremely violent tendencies.

Rory Kennedy

I think the most significant turning point was when the militia was brought in. A few armed men and women couldn't take on the Pennsylvania militia.

Jamie Shea

Last night, NATO had a night of relative restraint. We were mindful of the Orthodox Easter celebration. At the same time, the Yugoslav armed forces continued to demonstrate signs of wear and tear.

Charles Grassley

The purpose of this letter is to express grave concern and raise questions regarding allegations that a textile contractor has been using toxic substances in the production of fabric used by armed forces personnel,

Steve Bolman

We're now considerably better prepared to deal with code-red situations, in which an armed assailant is on campus. Before then, we mainly emphasized earthquake preparedness. We've been conducting fewer drills for earthquakes lately, but we're making more preparations for them this year.

Deborah White

It is not unusual to lose Nigerian supplies but headlines of armed men attacking facilities explains this little rally.

Ann Veneman

It is important to protect children from being recruited and used in armed conflict.

Thomas Jefferson

Laws that forbid the carrying of arms...disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes...Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man.

Sandy Bridgeman

Katie is a proven scorer and we look at her as a leader on the attacking end. She's an extension of the coaches out on the field. She's multidimensional in the way she can attack you because she has a hard shot that complements the way she reads defenses and sets up teammates. She's a threat to score or assist. But when we need a goal, we know we can count on her.

Tubby Smith

Joe Crawford was outstanding, getting to the free throw line and attacking the basket and making his shots.

Nicolle Devenish

John Kerry, John Edwards and Mary Beth Cahill have made perfectly clear that they have made attacking Mary Cheney their policy.

Paradorn Srichaphan

He caught me off guard. He was attacking all the way. His serves, returns of serve as well as movement on court proved too much for me.

Chris Renaldo

I thought we played great. We didn't have much attacking play, and that's what hurt us.

Matt Painter

I thought our guys did a good job. We just couldn't finish. We weren't able to make enough shots. I thought Marcus White did a good job of attacking and being able to finish and be efficient around the basket. We didn't make enough to make them adjust, and that was the key.

Bruce Hoffman

I think this is one of the major challenges that we face in the U.S.. The major incidents in the U.S. have not conformed to our stereotype of an established terror organization attacking a major iconic landmark.

Dick Corn

Late in the ballgame we did a real good job of attacking their zone.

LaToya Bond

I was just looking at attacking basket and get the foul or an easy bucket, and I just threw it up, and it went in.

Juan Guzman

He has to be questioned ... he has the right to be heard, to be listened to, so that he explains his participation or non-participation in the events.

Nassau William Senior

The first, or theoretic branch, that which explains the nature, production, and distribution of wealth, will be found to rest on a very few general propositions, which are the result of observation, or consciousness.

Adeo Ressi

Openness explains the ability to innovate and come up with big ideas because you're open to them, and fluid intelligence explains the ability to go and execute.

Alan Greenspan

As I see it, heightened job insecurity ... explains a significant part of the restraint on (wages), and the consequent muted price inflation, ... Surveys of workers have highlighted this extraordinary state of affairs.

Elbert Hubbard

No explanation ever explains the necessity of making one.

Jeff Bell

Success is a journey, not a destination, which explains why I'm not there yet

Marcelo Porto

Some houses are looking for a small cut, which explains the rise we're seeing.

Gerry Wright

It explains where these things come from in the first place. This work could prove to be extremely valuable to the drug development process.

Paul Fleischman

Science explains what nature is doing; money often explains what we're doing.

Jim Roberts

I think what I'm hearing is, 'Can we keep Heath students in Heath, at least through those two facilities (Garfield and Stevenson)?' And I think we could.

Chris Kelly

How would these people get from their nursing home to the dialysis facilities without an ambulance provided?

Mitch Browning

He was obviously a tremendous player. Normandy doesn't have the resources that a lot of public high schools have; the facilities were very poor. But he still excelled.

Larry Greene

It's a very low-lying area, ... There's a very huge tidal fluctuation here on a normal tide and, with a storm tide on top of that, most of the facilities are going to be under water that are on the waterfront.

Dr. Baxter

A lot of our facilities are old, with no isolation facilities.

Tom Reilly

They've always been a top organization for golf. Now they want to make this one of their flagship facilities and they're willing to do what they can to upgrade.

Robert Horan

This jail has been accredited by the state as a jail that can hold juveniles because it has facilities to keep them separate from adults,

Tim Floyd

There's a reason why this program has not gotten to the level of other sports (at USC). And facilities have something to do with it. This allows us to sell our program in recruiting. You have to go in apologizing, not recruiting. Spending $143 million shows commitment, and that it's not only a football school. And hopefully, it will give us a home-court advantage.

Ryan Daniels

VCA runs freestanding, larger facilities that are probably running a higher level of health care.

Hiroshi Chano

Investors are more sensitive to negative headlines after seeing interest rates and oil prices rise.

Tom Kristensen

I'm pleased to be part of the headlines today.

Joseph P. Kennedy III

It's really important for me to do the fundamentals of this job really, really well. And to let people know that I think the core responsibilities of a member of Congress aren't seeking the national headlines or being the spokesperson on this issue or that issue when you just get there.

Leon Panetta

These days, it takes only seconds - seconds - for a picture, a photo, to suddenly become an international headline.

Bill Walsh

Writing headlines is a specialty-there are outstanding writers who will tell you they couldn't write a headline to save their lives.

Carl Hiaasen

I wait for the headlines to inspire me.

Jason Calacanis

These days, headlines are trying to get you to click.

Ayn Rand

A good quotation must be a complete entity. It must be like a headline - sharp, clear, whole.

Wade Boggs

My God, ... What are the headlines going to be like on Monday if the Yankees don't make the playoffs?

Dusty Baker

He wanted to play. He didn't want to be out too long because then you lose your stroke.

Larry Sandburg

We've done that three times now. The only two loses we've had were the other two.

Ken McCloud

To get here and lose is all right." ()

Chanda Gunn

I think we were disappointed, obviously very disappointed, to lose the semifinal, so we wanted to come out and show what a special team we are and I think we did that.

Hilary Swank

I think it's unfortunate that things are seen as winners or losers because in the end, it's the performance that matters.

Antonio McDyess

I was a little more motivated for the win. It was my first finals. To lose like we did, I'm going to remember it for the rest of my life.

Jordan Zuppe

We made up our minds we weren't going to lose again.

Kevan Barlow

I didn't lose no pep in my step. If we can get together on offense, we can get the same things going.

Martin Straka

If you play like that for 10 years in the NHL, there's no way you lose it in a year.

Eric Steinbach

He wants us to come out showing a lot of energy, play hard, no mental mistakes.

Grant Heslov

'Monuments Men' is not a docudrama. It's not a documentary.

Chris Phillips

He's a big part of our team, not to mention that I'll have to play with a different guy.

Malik Rose

He's just one of the most mentally tough players I've ever seen.

Sheldon Brown

He seems to be doing better than I did with it, and I thought I did pretty well, ... His mental toughness is second to none, and that's what'll get him over the hump.

Plato

The good man is the only excellent musician, because he gives forth a perfect harmony not with a lyre or other instrument but with the whole of his life.

Yoandy Garlobo

We're prepared for this, physically and mentally .

Trevor Doughty

We've got to get tougher mentally and physically. If you want to play at this level, you have to get tougher.

Mark Fallon

I thought they were great, but I didn't think much about them until this year when another teacher mentioned remembering them.

Haz Iwendi

He is on the way to Liberia. He was sent by a Nigerian presidential jet.

Kevin Norrish

The Nigerian situation has the potential to get a lot worse. It's going to run and run.

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

My parents lost everything, all their savings, because we had to run from the Nigerian side to the Biafran side. We were Igbos.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

You know, I don't think of myself as anything like a 'global citizen' or anything of the sort. I am just a Nigerian who's comfortable in other places.

David Somerville

I'll be on the convoys taking the supplies to the infantry,

Dan Hill

My wife is unusually kind and generous, but she's no fool. You don't mess with her.

Mark Grossman

It is kind of an unusual thing to see happen.

Robert Pattinson

It's always been strange to me that someone can say they're a vampire fan. I'm not a non-fan, but it's such an unusual thing to be a fan of. That's like saying, "I love zombie movies! I just love 'em! They're my favorite!" That's more of a psychological problem than being an actual fan.

Lise Lareau

It's unusually complicated and it's all about the hockey.

Harland Braun

It's conceivable that the D.A. could find that there is not enough evidence. It would be unusual, but this is an unusual case.

Mario Monti

It is rather unusual for Italy to be at the forefront of pro-market initiatives.

David Arnold

It's not unusual to see significant snowfall in March.

David Hockney

It's very British to go about to see something unusual and paint it.

Thomas F. Wilson

Crispin Glover is unusual, but not as unusual as he sometimes presents himself. We got along nicely.