Famous Quotes & Sayings

Sebastian Junger

What is and isn't justified by military necessity is, naturally, open to interpretation. One of the key concepts, though, is the law of proportionality. A military attack that results in civilian casualties - 'collateral damage' - is acceptable as long as the military benefits outweigh the price that is paid by humanity.

Tony La Russa

You can't put a price on what Mark McGwire brings to the Cardinals organization. The responsibility he accepts is as great as any number of home runs.

The Marketing of Evil' takes no prisoners. David Kupelian brilliantly explains how a clever, radical elite is persuading Americans to accept evil as good, and good as evil. With precise clarity, the book blows the lid off the most successful ? and dangerous ? cultural scams. In addition, Kupelian's personal vignettes and vigorous writing hold the reader's interest throughout.

Nate McMillan

The main thing was that they got down there and really accepted that move and really tried to use that to their advantage as opposed to being there and complaining. They've been pretty positive.

Noam Chomsky

The many questions about the bombing of Yugoslavia by the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation - meaning primarily the United States - come down to two fundamental issues: 'What are the accepted and applicable 'rules of world order,' and how do these apply in the case of Kosovo?'

Ann Landers

Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful.

The kids are starting to accept their roles. They came out defensive-minded first. Their defense dictated the rest of the ball game. They played as a whole and as one group. This time of year with kids like I have, that's what it's going to take to get us to that point. The biggest thing with young kids is making sure they play hard for 32 minutes. That's the key.

The kids are starting to accept their roles and we're playing as a team. Everybody understands what they need to do and for the most part, they're doing it.

The jury was not unanimous on one of the three murders not unanimous of the assaults and did not accept unanimously the charges against Mr. Parker. That's something to be positive about right now.

The jury has spoken and we accept the jury's verdict, ... we are getting our assessments.

The judge told him that it needed to have bipartisan support and be signed by the governor for the court to accept it.

Jim Calhoun

Their big guys stood up and knocked our guys off the block. Our guys took it, accepted it, and weren't really much of a factor.

Ayad Allawi

The Iraqi government accepts this attitude. We met with them, and we welcome their initiative,

The Iranian nation does not accept that achieving nuclear science could be permitted for one country and prohibited for another on baseless grounds,

The iris scan is the most stable technology in terms of near zero per cent for false acceptance rate and less than one per cent false rejection rate.

Simon Williams

The U.K. has been behind the EU but certainly ahead of the U.S. in accepting Iran as it is and looking to support the domestic developments that are occurring at the moment.

The trouble is that when they say they'll give it serious study, it doesn't mean they'll accept it.

The trouble is that all of the steps that have been taken so far don't seem likely to produce an acceptable outcome.

These are micro-entrepreneurs. . . . With the economy slowing down, when regular jobs shrink, people turn to starting their own business. I'm not trying to rain on anyone's parade, but you can't accept these uncritically.

These are claims accepted where it has been determined that a worker took his or her own life due to pain or other complications arising from a previous work-related injury.

Frank Robinson

These guys have to think about their futures and injuries. That's the game today. With this move, you'd want them to mentally accept it and want to do it. That's why I want them to ask me.

These girls are good people with mood swings, but they accept me and my mood swings. They're doing a good job of putting up with me and keeping the team chemistry together.

Amity Gaige

It's dangerous to accept crisis as your baseline. It gets harder and harder to see the anti-crises that are so requisite to happiness: the quiet times, the crucial pauses - like those in a poem.

Yasser Arafat

I told Foreign Minister Ivanov that we officially accept the joint Jordanian-Egyptian initiative as well as the report of the Mitchell commission and view those documents as a basis for rapid and resolute actions towards ending the dangerous escalation of developments in the Middle East.

Brandon Roy

It's a matter of how much they accept him. I can't see him coming up here, I think it would be tough for him to show his face. If I did that to an Oregon player and walked into their gym in the summer, people would wonder what I was doing there.

Jim Boeheim

It's a matter of accepting what he can do. He needed to be patient. That's a tough thing to do as a player, but this was a game that was made for him.

Brian Williams

It's an accepted TV news style that can fall into a pattern. I'd like to avoid it. ... We've all done shots like that. (But) it's still the best way to tell another human being, 'This is what 80 miles an hour feels like.'

It's an accepted strategy that has been widely used. You buy a premium product, and the increase in subscribers more than offsets the cost. Golf is a strong TV sport. I think you'll see the channel grow in subscriber base over the next two to five years.

Bill Gates

It's a major milestone. The settlement puts new responsibilities on Microsoft and we accept them. I am personally committed to full compliance. We are committed to being a responsible industry leader.

Tom O'Brien

It looked like it was awful far off. We were fighting for our lives last year just to survive in the Big East with all the things swirling around us. We were just relieved that, as of July 1, it was over and we were definitely accepted into the conference and we look forward to a long relationship being in the ACC.

E. O. Wilson

It'll take Joe a little while to accept that he's not a Bruin anymore, and I can understand that. You tend to think about the team that didn't want you as opposed to the team that did want you. Those feelings are going to be there and we'll help him deal with them.

It's hard to define. A lot of work gets accepted on the gut level.

It's difficult to avoid the park, but we are trying to come up with mutually acceptable solutions.