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.

This sounds like a corny cliche, but knowledge is power. ... You can accept more than one type of person.

Death is utterly acceptable to consciousness and life.

This type of behavior is not acceptable and will not be tolerated in the district.

What people often ask me is, 'What are the ingredients of Silicon Valley?' While the answer to that is complex, some of the ingredients I talk about are celebrating entrepreneurship, accepting failure, and embracing a mobile and diverse workforce.

What people made the decision on was the medical package. This company came to us six months ago with that and we told them that the membership was not going to accept it.

What is happening is very dangerous ... They are expanding the borders of Jerusalem to the Jordan Valley. Who will accept that? Who will accept swapping Gaza for Jerusalem or for the West Bank?

We were thinking before the game they were going to take us for granted. I felt insulted by it, because a lot of teams think they are going to walk all over us. The good thing though is that basketball is not played on paper, and we accepted the challenge tonight.

We got a really late start on him, ... And I asked if the other guy didn't accept, would he still accept our scholarship offer? And he said, 'Absolutely.'

We cannot yet accept the increase on interest rate and collateral fund.

J. C. Watts

We cannot recommend purchase until acceptable price points and churn (subscriber turnover) rates become more apparent.

Steven Blum

We cannot continue to accept risk by under-equipping the National Guard. Some critics will say we cannot afford it. The Guard's answer will be, we cannot afford not to do this.

We had a kid. The kid was awesome. She didn't fall asleep easily. We complained about it. We got frustrated. But we didn't look for an out. We just accepted that this was part of parenting.

Alvin Lee

We want to go more mainstream but stick to what we do, ... Every place we go, the people are receptive with the style of music we're doing. And even if we go into a club setting, we're still singing about God. We want to be the people that change the trends of what's acceptable and what's not. We believe it's in our music, really. And I think it's the music that's touched everyone when they deal with us.

We kind of woke up against Hampton. We controlled the whole game. If we play like that, it's hard for any team to beat us.

We just keep telling people to keep composed. We're going to get things, keep persevering. We got some calls where we shouldn't have gotten some calls. We didn't get some calls when we should, but that's the way it is. Accept the way the game is being called and play it that way.

Napoleon Hill

Through some strange and powerful principle of ''mental chemistry'' which she has never divulged, nature wraps up in the impulse of strong desire, ''that something'' which recognizes no such word as ''impossible,'' and accepts no such reality as failure.

Lakhdar Brahimi

Though it will certainly not be easy, we do believe that it shall be possible to identify, by the end of May, a group of people respected and acceptable to Iraqis across the country, to form this caretaker government.

Theresa May

Under-age drinking is becoming acceptable - and the implications for the health of the nation are dire.

Twenty-three thousand dollars of non-reported contributions is a great sum. It is difficult for me to accept that a mistake of that magnitude is an innocent mistake.

Sasha Jackson

TV is like high school because you go into these series, and the people that work there have been doing it for seven years, like 'One Tree Hill,' so you are going into what is already a family - if you are accepted by that family, then it's fantastic fun.

Joe Torre

You just accept whatever comes down, because if you start getting lost there, you're going to wind up getting distracted and using it as an excuse, and this is no time for excuses.

You just accept the fact that you're going into Hinkle and you're going to have to fight for your life two games in a row on the same day.

To get the social acceptance is the difficult and tricky thing.

Together, we have created a fair and thriving work environment for our employees. I am thrilled to accept this support.

To have to accept a new coach, a new style, with their last season, I knew it was scary.

Joe Rohde

You have to imagine this detail exists in a certain way to be passed over by people. We don't want them to look at a building, and say, 'Oh that's a building,' or look at a rock and say, 'Oh that's a rock.' You go right past it and just accept what it is.

Flip Saunders

You have to have players that really accept challenges, that like to compete and really like to play on the road more than they do at home. It is more challenging. It's tough to win on the road, no matter who you play.

You have clear alternatives. This is new. The question is how far will the candidates go to win, and will the losers accept the results?

Mark Shapiro

With him not accepting arbitration and us having five starters under contract, it definitely takes us out of the Kevin Millwood competition at this point.

Flip Saunders

You have to have a lot of character to win on the road. You have to have players who love to accept challenges and are extremely competitive. It's almost like they enjoy playing on the road more than playing at home.

John Clarke

This year it gives me the greatest pleasure to accept the Erasmus Prize from your hands for contributions made to the study of Prehistory.

Carlos Queiroz

You cannot be a professional or a champion in football and only be ready to face the beautiful moments in life. You have to be ready to rebound from these bad moments, accept the criticism and learn from it. But I am convinced some of the rubbish being said about us will only make us stronger.