Famous Quotes & Sayings

Oscar Arias

At one time in the history of the Americas, weapons and armies were associated with liberty and independence, and with new opportunities for our peoples. At one time in the history of the Americas, there were liberating armies.

Oscar Arias

The children of the world, what they want and what they need are health clinics and schools, not tanks or armed helicopters or fighter jets.

We have an army of people working as hard as they can to get the ventilation fixed so it is safe to go in and conduct the investigation.

We have always believed that what the Salvation Army does is good and right.

We know that the day-to-day for the Army team will be a challenge and we're coming together as a team to do anything we can to help them out as they heal from this terrible tragedy.

Yevgeny Primakov

We have worked out a certain program which we believe could avoid an armed confrontation and eventually eliminate this crisis, ... This program is conditioned on the fact that Iraq comply with the resolutions of the U.N. Security Council.

Scilla Elworthy

Consistently rated the most peaceable of all countries in the world by the Global Peace Index, Iceland has reduced its military expenditure to zero, has no armed forces, and has reduced the inequality gap between rich and poor.

Marquis de Lafayette

I have found a unique opportunity to distinguish myself and to learn my trade. I am a general officer in the army of the United States of America. My zeal in their cause and my frankness have won their trust.

Menachem Begin

Lebanon, of course, is a country with great problems. Traditionally, they have religious-national groups or ethnic-national groups. They have the Druses. Even the two Moslem sects, the Sunnis and the Shiites, are apart. Then they have the armed groups. Everybody's got a private army.

Two watermelons cannot be held under one arm

We were just looking to find the best partner that was willing to wrap their arms around the tournament and make a great home for it.

Grady Little

Today we got a good glimpse of the pitcher we've been hearing about. He's got a strong arm and he took it right at hitters, and the results showed.

Bill Frist

Today, we do fight a different enemy, but one that is no less ruthless, no less determined, no less uncompromising than our enemies of those wars past. Once again, we must stay the course. Once again, we must have faith in our Armed Forces. Once again, we must hold tightly to the belief that freedom will prevail.

We are really trying to arm ourselves right now with all the facts and information, so when we go talk to people we'll be able to respond to them and actually have some meaningful conversation.

We are really the arms suppliers to a significant series of wars going on,

I saw his arms go up. I heard him holler, 'No,' and then she shot him. He said, 'Oh,' and he sort of falls.

Ray Stevens

I saw Louis Armstrong perform at Albany State College on Radio Springs Road. He was probably the first famous individual I saw in concert. Unfortunately, I never did get to meet him.

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

Douglas Smith

I see high school as that first introduction between the recruiter and the potential applicant. So regardless of what parents do, it's possible that the Army will recruit their kids at some point.

Adam Schiff

is a sacred obligation to ensure our country honors the past; there is no dispute that what happened to the Armenian people constitutes genocide.

I responded to the request because during these times when we are asking so much of our men and women in the armed services it is especially important that we properly honor those who died in the service of their country.

I remember thinking at the time, 'Why am I doing this?' ... But I stuck out my arm to try to trip him. When I was running off the field, I didn't even want to look at it, because I knew it was (broken) pretty bad.

Lynsey Addario

I remember the moment in which we were taken hostage in Libya, and we were asked to lie face down on the ground, and they started putting our arms behind our backs and started tying us up. And we were each begging for our lives because they were deciding whether to execute us, and they had guns to our heads.

Orhan Pamuk

I repeat, I said loud and clear that 1 million Armenians and 30,000 Kurds were killed in Turkey, and I stand by that.

Jack Horkheimer

People are interested in numbers. Would I stay up all night waiting for it? Ten years ago, I would have had a party. Now, I will probably be deep in the arms of sleep.

Willie Randolph

Pedro told me that his arm feels great. He has this little, minor thing with his toe, but I don't think it's going to bother him at all.

People are pretty confused about what happened last night at the BOJ and are having a hard time getting their arms around it.

Our job is to arm people with the most up-to-date, relevant intelligence on a city or region. Risk managers and corporate security directors want peace of mind that their employees and assets will be as secure as they can be.

Over time, we believe Under Armour has the opportunity to grow the business in international markets and become a player in the athletic footwear, outdoor lifestyle and sporting goods equipment markets.

Over time, it will become increasingly difficult for the Army and DoD to conclude that program progress is anything less than acceptable.

Palumbo is the most athletic and a very good scrambler, Rupert has the strongest arm and Knapp is somewhere between the other two. We're looking to use their skills to manage the game the way we want them to. I'd prefer to have a No. 1 quarterback and stick with him, but we'll do what it takes to win games.

Our punt team looked pretty good this weekend. Also, our defense was able to stop Army occasionally, which was a positive.

David McCullough

My next book is also set in the eighteenth century. It's about the Revolution, with the focus on the year 1776. It's about Washington and the army and the war. It's the nadir, the low point of the United States of America.