Famous Quotes & Sayings

Thomas Egan

He is not a Navy SEAL and he's not a CIA operative.

Larry Wilkerson

I have no idea, ... That text was presented to me by the secretary only days before the presentation, and the secretary's words were something to the effect of, 'This is what the White House has given us.' And that was the text I took to the CIA and within 16 hours had totally discarded because it was garbage.

Richard Perle

The CIA is blinded, too, by the squeamishness that many liberal-minded people feel about noticing the dark side of third world cultures.

John O. Brennan

The CIA has acknowledged that it has detained about 100 terrorists since 9/11, and about a third of them have been subjected to what the CIA refers to as 'enhanced interrogation tactics,' and only a small proportion of those have in fact been subjected to the most serious types of enhanced procedures.

John Brennan

The CIA and the Defense Department have their own contacts with state and local officials, but Langley and the Pentagon see sharing information with them as a service (almost a favor) rather than a responsibility for which they can be held accountable.

Jeffrey Harris

It's clearly a double standard here because it's clear that the mishandling of information has occurred at the CIA at the highest levels, and it hasn't gotten the sort of reaction that this has,

David Toms

It's like CIA stuff, you know what I mean?

John Deutch

They go to the heart and integrity of the CIA enterprise.

George Tenet

this is the largest release of formerly classified CIA documents ever. It reflects my commitment to be as forward-leaning as possible in releasing information that with the passage of time no longer needs to be protected.

Rick Lynch

What we've got to do is look at the individual that was indeed detained and what was he doing, regardless of what his profession is, ... That's a 'no'.

Meles Zenawi

What we have detained is people who have tried to overthrow the duly constituted government, and that in my view is treason under the laws of the country,

John Kamm

The great majority were detained for non-violent expression of their political and religious beliefs.

Donna Newman

A person is being detained on information -- the value of which, the credibility of which, and the reliability of which, we don't know.

Irene Khan

You don't know what will make it your turn to be detained next and if you are in detention you don't know what it will take to get released.

Moazzam Begg

I understood why the Americans felt they needed to question me. But I've never understood how they could have detained me for years.

Angel Acebes

Early this afternoon, the National Police have detained five people,

Made Pastika

So far the detained terrorists do not know them.

Amanda Vanstone

Fourteen were detained and will be escorted to Baxter Immigration Detention Facility while arrangements are made for their departure,

Ryan Rosenberg

We've enhanced that so you can highlight relationships, annotate and color-code things.

Klaus Schwab

I think a number of initiatives have been newly taken or enhanced during this meeting that will have a tangible impact.

Douglas Alexander

We can have enhanced devolution - greater powers in Scotland - but within the strength, security and stability of the United Kingdom, and I think that's what most Scots want.

Alcee Hastings

The war in Iraq has not prevented the growth of terrorism. We are learning now that it has actually enhanced the growth of terrorism.

Lori Doyle

The renovation is going nicely and the hotel will be greatly enhanced when it is completed.

Mari Ramos

This is the time of year when you're going to see the most rain ... because of the southwest monsoon. Right now, you're going to see that monsoonal flow enhanced somewhat because of the tropical storm.

Victor Koo

The enhanced features of our ad products would require sufficient understanding from our sales force, advertisers, and agencies. To facilitate this, we have held multiple training sessions internally and road show events externally.

William Winkenwerder

We are prepared to provide a significantly enhanced effort, a major effort, if needed,

Paul Carter

I've already had a few people express interest in the enhanced retirement package,

Alice Lowe

I was in something called 'Garth Marenghi's Darkplace' which was a real cult comedy; it's sort of a spoof horror sort of thing, and it only ever had one series, but I liked the fact that it only had one series because it's kind of got this little gemlike quality to it that there were only ever six episodes.

Howard Simon

Kids now are smarter than we were. They want the facts. They want to know what's happening. That's why being open and honest with them is so important.

Smush Parker

Kobe is always a factor in the game. I don't think Golden State stopped him from scoring the ball. He just got other guys involved in the offense. It was a game Kobe didn't have to force the game until late.

Jeremy Jacobs

Jacques agonized over it. Not so much in a financial way, but it increased our recognition factor - it's become a hook for us.

Joe Tiller

I would say it's the single most important factor of (a team), ... You hate to put it all on one position, but if you told me, 'OK Tiller, you're going to graduate 21 of your 22 starters. Which one don't you want graduating?' It'd be the quarterback.

Robert Sarver

I would say it did surprise me. When I heard Toronto was interested in talking to him, that didn't surprise me. The fact that he wanted to pursue it surprised me.

Albert Gray

Katrina just went through, and it takes a little time for water to move. That's probably a contributing factor to these high bacterial samples.

Albert Gray

Katrina just went through, and it takes a little time for water to move, ... That's probably a contributing factor to these high bacterial samples.

Michelle Reinig

Just the fact that you're on land, and you know there's somebody out there and you can't do anything.

Walter Savage Landor

Absurdities are great or small in proportion to custom or insuetude.

Orlando Gibbons

It is proportion that beautifies everything, the whole universe consists of it, and music is measured by it.

Mary Wollstonecraft

Society can only be happy and free in proportion as it is virtuous.

Mike Dunlap

Your success will be in direct proportion to how you spend your ‘free’ time.

Leonardo da Vinci

Many will be busied in taking away from a thing, which will grow in proportion as it is diminished.

Austin O'Malley

There is likely to be beauty wherever proportion exists.

Mahatma Gandhi

Commonsense is the realised sense of proportion.

T. Harv Eker

You will be paid in direct proportion to the value you create in the marketplace.

Ken Starr

I also know that there's a time and a season, and I think that time, had there been one, has long since passed.

Michael Hayes

He's crazy. He's always been like that, since we were 13, he's been the same way.

Mike Donato

He's a thoroughbred. We have worked out together since our first year here.

Roy Harper

I was determined if I was going to become a superstar it would be on my terms. I've had that ethic since the beginning.

Shane Valdez

I think that's the first time since I've been here that we had everyone qualify.

Asaf Shariv

I don't know about anything since then that is new.

Matt Kiefer

He had a long rehab. Ever since he could play (again), he has been a leader. A vocal leader.

Samuel Smiles

The truest politeness comes of sincerity.

Zane Grey

These critics who crucify me do not guess the littlest part of my sincerity. They must be burned in a blaze. I cannot learn from them.

Pete Shelley

They weren't headlining. They were third down the bill,

Evan Benjamin

They got in some pretty big plays. I thought we were stout in getting them into third down and in second-and-long, but they made some pretty big plays.

Lofa Tatupu

Third downs. That's all I'm going to say.

Matthew Stafford

Third down and long is the toughest situation for any offensive coordinator in the NFL.

Robert Adler

It's the third week of outflows we've seen.

Paul Duca

It's the third time I've done it. It doesn't feel weird any more.

Chris Sanders

This is the third year I've been in business.

Jack Roush

This is the third time this week you've tried to get my goat,

Ben Roethlisberger

This is the third one. We've got one more to get. One more.

Kevin McCarthy

There are two different types of leader. A person can either be like a thermometer or a thermostat. A thermometer will tell you what the temperature is. A thermostat will not only tell you what the temperature is, but it'll move you to the temperature you need to get to.

Chen Shui-bian

I've been charged with misappropriation of funds or misuse of two types of funds.

P. J. O'Rourke

We all know the types who listen to Pete Seeger songs; even Pete admits they aren't interesting.

Edgar Mitchell

We do need different types of propulsion to get to Mars. I wrote one of the first Ph.D. theses on that in the 1960s.