Terry Anderson Quotations

There is no money to pay any ransom, ... These were three nonpolitical missionaries working in an Indian village when they were taken. This was a mistake.

Selling public lands can help reduce the drain on the treasury and give us benchmarks to compare private with public management.

She was doomed from the start. I can't imagine Gale isn't tremendously disappointed.

Much of our argument is likely to be with the U.S. government, rather than the Iranian government,

If other parents understood the potential their children could gain from that school, it would make a huge difference.

I'm serious. It feels like my stomach is on fire. I'm not sure what's up.

We were halfway through the book when we read something that James Holloway, director of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, had written, bemoaning the lack of contemporary faces in the gallery. With work already completed, we presented it to him and he was keen to go ahead with an exhibition.

We have nothing to offer (the kidnappers) other than a chance to end this terrible situation.

We're trying to get some movement going, to appeal to the kidnappers and make them understand there's nothing to be gained from this and the right thing to do is release (the hostages).

We don't want to get ready to expand and find out then what problems we have - we want to find out what's happening now to mitigate any possible conflicts.

we will go directly back. We'd be willing to meet with them anywhere, Mexico City or wherever.

We believe our share repurchase program, combined with our ongoing strategic investments in our business and maintaining a strong cash balance, is in the best interest of our shareholders, ... Our board will continue to evaluate if and when and what amount of dividend will be paid.

When we made the initial list, there were around 400 names. We had to half that.

We're the model of contract screening for our category of airports.

People call me a victim of Lebanon, say I lost seven years of my life, ... I didn't lose them -- I lived them.

It's just a matter of getting these cleared up and getting my driver's license back, and I'll be back in the work force and taking care of business.

Do not let it happen here on the East Coast; you'll be sorry.

It's dangerous and unnecessary, ... We need an absolute and public blanket ban on recruiting and use of journalists and clergy by any intelligence agencies, and also the use of journalistic cover.

The U.S. government will not negotiate with these people, and I have to say I don't believe they should. This is not a matter of negotiations. It is a matter of communications.

But it couldn't get any worse for us. People would be forced to deal with us at least.

Cartoonists tend to be quite lonely, solitary animals and the whole point of the studio when it was founded was offering a team that could do larger pieces of work and larger commissions than a single cartoonist could ever hope to do.

The main purpose of the study is to consider future lengthening, widening and strengthening of the runways.