Famous Quotes & Sayings

Steven Pinker

The 9/11 strikes left an indelible impact on our minds, but in relative terms, the scale of casualties actually wasn't all that high.

Doris Goodwin

I think that's what is possible, that somehow her protest and her vigil will make more people empathize with the casualties than have previously done so.

Henry Shelton

I think the prospect for casualties remains very real and high, ... There is no such thing as a risk-free military operation.

Douglas Haig

Obviously, the greater the length of a war the higher is likely to be the number of casualties in it on either side.

Samuel Berger

Mounting a ground invasion here with hundreds of thousands, with tens of thousands of soldiers fighting from village to village, week by week, with untold numbers of casualties is not something we think is in our national interest,

Shaukat Sultan

Now we find out that the casualties might have exceeded 100.

Haley Barbour

There is incredible evidence that the casualties are more than 50, maybe 80, ... and it seems likely that that's not the end of it. It may be higher, maybe substantially.

Bob Ainsworth

Our aim is always to minimise casualties and to separate a hardline Taliban from those who have been caught up in the insurgency.

Roger King

We understand that there was some civilian casualties during the operation. We do not yet know how many casualties or how they occurred,

James Marshall

Our focus right now is to get the civilians who are wounded treated as quickly as possible,

Irene Khan

Over a decade of conflict we have seen the human rights situation steadily worsening, with increasing numbers of civilian killings and injuries and, for a time, the highest number of reported 'disappearances' in the world.

Martin Freeman

Please God, I'll never be in a war zone, but everything I sort of know about people who come back is that it's a hard transition to make. I mean, even if you've not been in a war, even if you've just been in the Forces, you come back and probably have more fights in civilian life.

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

Joschka Fischer

We need a lot of civilian monitors but they must be protected,

Joseph Biden

We need a civilian commitment in Iraq equal to our military one.

Phil Cox

I have interviewed the refugees and civilians from these villages who testified to this.

Charles Singley

I got drunk that night in Honolulu, and we had some celebration. I went to the nearest joint I could find. Soldiers and sailors paid for nothing. Civilians paid for everything, picked up all our tabs. They loved us. The town was ours.

Michel Bonnardeaux

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

Andy Fisher

Our understanding is that it is not yet in place.

Arthur Young

Resellers will need an understanding of messaging systems.

Carl Sagan

We go about our daily lives understanding almost nothing of the world.

Bill Shorten

I think they understand that what's being done is in their interests.

Bill Buford

The most important knowledge is understanding what you can't do.

Charles Jackson

I think a lot of us don't understand circumstantial evidence.

Cervantes Saavedra

It is not the hand, but the understanding of a man, that may be said to write

Emma Stone

I was very lucky with the parents I was blessed with. I don't think it could have worked out any better. They've always been so understanding of me and understanding of what I want to do.

Vince Young

Just interview. I don't feel like I have to show a lot. I think they understand me, have been watching me for a long time.