Firing Quotations

I fought in Korea, front line. I knew who the enemy were. The enemy were the people who were firing at me. And shooting at me.

I love to go to the playground and watch the children jumping up and down. They don't know I'm firing blanks.

Why are fanatics so terrified of girls' education? Because there's no force more powerful to transform a society. The greatest threat to extremism isn't drones firing missiles, but girls reading books.

I've been very lucky, getting to travel the world with professional photographers. I'd grab their equipment, get a few lessons, and start firing shots.

I was well-dressed and good at firing people because I really did care. I cared about giving them the opportunity to talk through the situation and was always sincere. I would explain that 'This was a bad match,' and they were probably meant to do other things if they weren't giving their all to this, which paid $10 a hour.

I've always been the locker-room jokester, the fun guy, the guy who keeps it loose and easy. But also, on Sundays, the guy in that huddle jumping up and down, telling guys, 'Hey, get it going. Let's go.' Firing everybody up. So I'm part relaxation therapist and part Red Bull.

Robots already perform many functions, from making cars to defusing bombs - or, more menacingly, firing missiles. Children and adults play with toy robots, while vacuum-cleaning robots are sucking up dirt in a growing number of homes and - as evidenced by YouTube videos - entertaining cats.

With TV, the pace is so fast, the scripts are coming at you, the directors are firing things at you, it's breathtaking.

I think you live a fuller life with someone else, you know, you're firing on all cylinders. It can be a nightmare at times, we all know that, but nevertheless in the end I think to have someone else's input on anything - a book, a meal, your children, life, a walk - is fantastic.

It was comical because you're at a firing range, all these people are so seriously shooting their little guns.

It's so rare to get all of your muscles firing at once. That's what I look for in any role.

In real life, if I were firing you, I'd tell you what a great job you did, how fantastic you are, and how you can do better someplace else. If somebody steals, that's different, but generally speaking, you want to let them down as lightly as possible. It's not a very pleasant thing. I don't like firing people.

We believe that his statement was credible, and we at this point do not suspect that Jones was involved in the firing of the shots.

When we are clicking and we have everybody firing we are a more dangerous team. When they can lock down on one guy, we kind of slow down, but when we are flying and everyone is contributing, that is when we are at our best.

When we'd bring something to him, he'd just start firing questions, and you'd really have to know your stuff.

What actually started the shooting was a highway patrolman firing his carbine in the air a couple of times, intending it as warning shots, and others started shooting,

We bowled the way I knew we could in the final round. They came out firing and had some fun.

We're in the south to help and protect the Afghan people to reconstruct their economy and democracy. We would be perfectly happy to leave in three year's time without firing one shot.

Waiving a player never is easy, because you essentially are firing someone, ... But looking at our team, this was the most logical choice.

We have to go into the playoffs firing on all cylinders. I don't think we're there yet.

We have recovered from those missteps and the machine is firing on all eight cylinders in terms of new product introductions,

The real issue at this point is Joe Steffen confirmed what they have denied all the way through this, which is they were firing file clerks and secretaries to make room for people they wanted to get jobs for, ... They were using those low-level jobs as patronage.

We're happy with five points. We've had some breakdowns, but we're also getting wins going into the playoffs. We're gearing up, working on the little things so that we'll be firing on all cylinders.

Last year we had a little bit of growing pains early on. This year with the whole team chemistry guys have really come together a lot earlier than last year. We are firing on all cylinders right now.

She was on. She was firing on all cylinders.

My first priority is to provide perspective, ... This story is so broad-reaching and there are so many elements. I don't want people to make their judgments based on one report. We should never be in a position where we're firing up a mob. I don't think it's our job to beat people up.

One of our biggest risks is to hand over our brand name to a company or owner and hope they carry the torch, ... Our customers look at us as a chain ? as if we had complete control of hiring, firing and standards ? all things that make a brand. (Superior Air) was an easy fit in that their attitudes, beliefs system and values are equal to what we believe.

No one thought we could win this game except for the guys in that locker room. We knew if we wanted a chance to win, we had to come out firing on all cylinders.

Now we own that island, ... It's owned by the U.S. Navy and all we're asking is the same thing I do in my state of Oklahoma when we have a live firing range at Fort Sill, Oklahoma.

My swing felt great so I was firing at every pin no matter where it was. I had a few chances but it was a lovely day for me so I can't complain.

Only when the privileged classes perform military service, only when elite youth are on the firing line, does the country define the cause as worth young peoples' blood and do war losses become acceptable, ... the answer to what constitutes vital national interests is found not so much on the cause, itself, but in who is willing to die for that cause.

I would also like the soloist to feel happy to put it in front of the public, because in the end he's on the firing line, not me.

If we don't succeed in firing the thrusters, we will fly right by.

If we don't succeed in firing the thrusters, it will be a flyby spacecraft.

I am extremely upset at the thought of you firing professor Schaffer, ... There must be an understanding that when taking sex education at the collegiate level, the class will delve into awkward and often uncomfortable sexual topics in order to help raise understanding and awareness so one can lead a more sexually safe life.

IBM is firing on more cylinders than many expected. The fourth quarter is shaping up to be particularly strong. It's the first time in many years we have visibility to year-end and all indications are positive.

But, don't get me wrong, we got beat by a team that was firing on all cylinders tonight. Roaring Fork played great. It seemed like they could do no wrong.

I looked out the window and saw a small boat with about five people in it, about 20 yards away. Two of them had rifles and one had some kind of rocket launcher. They were firing the rifle and then they fired the rocket launcher twice.

Get in there and cut loose and have a good time, ... It's a punk rock show, it's fun, it's got a sense of humor about itself. But nonetheless, it is a (freakin') rock show. It's a show that I think a lot of people have been waiting to come around. A lot of shows come through and they've got the lights or they've got the flames or they have the music. But they don't have both. This show is firing on all cylinders.

For reasons unknown to us, he started firing indiscriminately -- first at two individuals who happened to be in the bathroom and then at all students and staff who passed by the outside of that bathroom door.

Further work is also needed to determine how the increased firing in the uninjured fine fibers could be prevented in order to alleviate the ongoing pain.

I don't remember GM ever doing anything like this before, not firing people and putting them out on the street with a box. They were called 'Mother GM' for a reason.

I don't think he's lost respect in the locker room. If anything, he's gained respect from how he's handled it, by not firing back.

If the Bush economic program is as successful as they say it is, why do they keep firing everybody who had anything to do with it? ... an extraordinary confession of failure in the economic arena by this administration.

He has been working incredibly well. The horses have not been firing on all cylinders, but they seem to be coming back now.

We talk about the physical properties of the clay as we form our bowls and the chemical changes that occur after heat is added during the firing stages. Students create their bowls by rolling clay out at their desks, then placing the clay over forms and molding them.

He's a good friend. He's a tremendous ballplayer, and hopefully he'll be firing on all cylinders and we can help each other out.

He's firing it, lobbing it, across those mountains, indiscriminately targeting civilians in Albania,

He wasn't firing like he used to, but he was still very fast and had very good control, ... All you had to do was hold your mitt around the strike zone, and it'd be right there.

He was firing it from everywhere. He got a couple of nice, high-shot goals and he buried the one in the shootout, so he had a pretty good game.

He was firing his weapon the whole time.

He just went crazy. She said the guy just went ballistic and starting firing off shots.

K.J. got off to the kind of start that everybody wanted. After that, I was just firing at a lot of pins coming in, and that led to some bogeys. But I was trying to win.

K.J. got off to the kind of start that everybody wanted, ... After that, I was just firing at a lot of pins coming in, and that led to some bogeys. But I was trying to win.

Just remember to show some compassion. When you talk about firing a coach, you're not talking about how it affects one man. You're talking about how it impacts 14 families the family of every assistant coach. You're talking about 30, 40, 50 people and a lot of them are children.

I think we were a little shocked at how active they were defensively. They came out firing on both ends and we were dead on both ends.

I think that because of my hectic schedule I am becoming tired. I had trouble really firing up mentally for today. So I'm going to rest up big, get plenty of sleep for tomorrow.

I think when our team was firing on all cylinders was our two-day dual meet against the University of Indianapolis. Coming right out of the training trip, it just seemed like everything was just falling into place. We had great swims left and right.

I was looking at firing at pins but not being stupid.

I think they completely overreacted by firing me, but in my mind I think this coming a month after Rush Limbaugh had a lot to do with it.

I saw an arm sticking out of the car firing a gun, and the police officer was falling down,

Overall economic momentum is no longer firing on all cylinders. And hiring intentions this summer are suggestive that companies may not increase hiring until the economy regains more solid footing.

Regarding use of force, firing of the weapon, the police commission found that the use of force was out of policy.

Our main concern is the (possibility of) Pakistani firing from across the cease-fire line.

Or are you against law and order, siding with those firing bullets at the police, throwing petrol bombs and blast bombs at police and attacking them?

SWAT is called out as a last resort in these situations. Firing is a last resort.

Long before he benched Ramsey and went back to Brunell on Monday, Gibbs handled the quarterback situation with about as much aplomb as a fast-food shift manager firing a fry cook on the spot.

I will tell the exact and absolute truth regarding the situation. I received a phone call from the band basically firing me from the band.

I think our young linemen are getting better every week. We have a bunch of sophomores and juniors playing in there. They're starting to get off the ball a little bit. Our little backs are firing in the hole. Garrett did a good job; Earl (Thomas) did a great job, and also Kendrick Leblanc.

I thought I was replacing The Donald. It was even discussed that I would be firing The Donald on the first show.

The areas measured are starting a business; hiring and firing workers; enforcing contracts; registering property; getting credit; protecting investors and closing a business,

That was big goal for us. I just kept firing off shots for us tonight hoping one would get in.

That's tough, even when she's hitting it well. The momentum factor isn't there. That's going to be an issue until she finishes school. It's tough to play 12 tournaments a year and really get your game firing on all cylinders.

Most of them were role players. When this team is firing on all cylinders, I don't know if you can identify who the five starters are. They play so unselfishly. They all play together.

Most guys wouldn't be firing back when they are getting hit with that kind of (stuff),

will not lay down their weapons and will not stop firing their bullets until the end of this battle.

We'd rather win (the doubles point) than lose it. But in the long run, it wasn't going to make the difference. Our girls came out firing in singles and took it upon themselves to keep it going.

We were 18-1-1 in the regular season, but that wouldn't have meant anything if we didn't win tonight. We came out firing in the third period. à We just wanted it. We wanted it a lot.

We're covering the five major property types and dynamic people speaking to each topic. Phoenix is a market firing on all cylinders and it's exciting for us to go there and meet the people who are making it happen.

We have to keep improving and peaking at the right time. We've been talking about that all year. If we can keep playing good soccer, if we're firing on all cylinders, we're a team that nobody wants to face in the playoffs.

We're really happy right now. We all geared toward peaking this weekend, and we did. We were a little slow (Friday), but today, everybody was firing on all cylinders.

We came out firing on all cylinders in the first game. However, in the second game, we just left too many people on base. The series is not over. We still have to come out and take care of business tomorrow.

We came out firing on all cylinders and played an unbelievable game. I'm very excited about the direction this team is heading.

We came out firing (in the second half). We saw some things in the first half that we thought we could take advantage of. We started running the ball in the third quarter, and that helped a lot in the passing game.

We need to find a way to get healthy. And then come out firing at Regis.

We can be really pleased with our second-half performance, and that we were able to make adjustments and shut them down on defense. At the same time, if we're going to beat top level teams in the playoffs, especially Cal, we're going to have to come out firing on all cylinders.

Those discussions are being held again. Base Commander Sean Sullivan would like to have a firing range large enough to accommodate the base and the southeastern Connecticut law enforcement community.

We'll do what we can and come out firing. If we come out firing in the doubles, we'll be firing the rest of the match.

We won't let the freedom of firing at whim install itself in French legislation.

The early firings contained many stones.

We started to play up to our capabilities and our expectations, and it started to come together, ... I just thought we'd be tough when we put our pitching and our offense together. When you have those pistons firing all together, it produces wins.

We only had about eight square miles of land. The Germans were up in the hills firing down on us. We spent four months under constant shell fire. One of those guns up there was on rails. Big! You could hear those shells coming. Of course, the ones you could hear were probably not going to hit you. It was the ones you couldn't hear,

While Mr. Owens deserves praise for stepping into a very tough role after the firing of CEO Frank Dunn, we had been increasingly concerned about strategic drift at Nortel, ... In addition, he signally failed to deliver on a promise for greater transparency in financial reporting.

We like GE at this point primarily because all of its big business segments are really firing nicely.

We weren't able to find the back of the net again in the first period, and they found the back of ours. I think that works against you. We came out in the second period and started firing it in the net and found some success. We could've had a few more, but it didn't happen for us.

We asked for an apology from Ms. Cox and for the firing of Mr. Brilliant, and Ms. Cox has done nothing. How long do we have to wait for an apology that is already overdo? Why won't she apologize and clean up her campaign for governor?

This report undermines every reason The Herald used for firing me. Now we know the truth.

We were told there were weapons of mass destruction ready for firing in 45 minutes. We now can't find any weapons of mass destruction ready to be fired in 45 minutes or any other period of time.

Finishing strong this weekend in the last game, we really put things together and looked like a team firing on all six cylinders. When we string it all together, we can get production at every position.

Firing squads are used in extremely serious cases ... Given the gravity of this case, it's possible that this is the mechanism that will be used,