Famous Quotes & Sayings

Benjamin Banneker

Were there no uniforms, there would probably be no armies.

Benito Mussolini

The mass, whether it be a crowd or an army, is vile.

Benjamin Disraeli

The noble Lord (Stanley) was the Prince Rupert to the Parliamentary army--his valour did not always serve his own cause.

He was rusty. We hadn't worked him during the week like we should, but he shook it off and threw a good ball game. That's my fault. We've got to throw him during the middle of the week. We've been trying to keep a lot of pressure off his arm because he's thrown so much.

He was recruited to travel overseas to engage in jihad or armed confrontation.

To be honest with you, in the bullpen and the first inning, that's the strongest my arm felt in a while,

Chuck Darby

Coach is a straightforward guy. If you're not paying attention to detail, that burns him up. But he'll also be the first to throw his arm around you. He's a fun guy to be around.

Any Canadian has a right to know when a predator is in their midst. It is my view the job of local police forces to ensure that communities are armed with sufficient knowledge so that they can take necessary precautions.

Anticipation is totally underestimated. Why do slot machines have arms? You could just have a button but the arm heightens the anticipation.

Any effort which wittingly or unwittingly draws a wedge between the people and Armed Forces of Pakistan undermines the larger national interest.

Joichi Ito

An open network is more important for democracy than the right to bear arms and the right to vote. Voice is more important than votes.

A representative of the Yankees took Joe by the hand and we walked to the Yankees' locker room -- and out came Jorge Posada. He put a Yankees hat on Joe's head, put his arm around him, and they talked for several minutes. He then got a baseball and signed it for Joe." ()

A prolonged shut down of spare parts production potentially endangers Army readiness. There's no way Sikorsky can maintain a high rate of production without the Teamsters on the line.

Rich Gannon

As far as the decision to retire, it was an easy one for me, ... It really was not my decision. I was not able to continue to play physically. That really takes all the guess work out of it for a player like myself, who still feels that he's got enough left in his tank and enough left in his arm and his legs to continue to play.

As directed by the US Army Corps of Engineers, KBR is assisting the Iraqi oil workers in the operation of their facilities.

As fixed rates rise, ARMs will become a bigger factor. The rate of increase in home values will slow or will start to stagnate.

As fixed rates rise, ARMs will become a bigger factor.

A screenplay is like a cookbook, ... You need the chef and staff to turn it into something the consumer can get his arms around.

A scout told me that he could have pitched in the big leagues that night, and he was only 17. But I remember that last at-bat, and he threw a 98-mph fastball and stepped off and shook his arm a little. He struck the guy out, but when he got back to the dugout he said he felt something.

As Cotton turns around, he hollers, 'No!' and sort of brings his arms up and that's when she shot him.

James Foley

As a practical matter ... we don't believe that the dispatch of armed U.N. peacekeepers before August 30 is possible at this point.

Our experience over seven or eight years has been that when customers start using virtualization, they have a preliminary notion of what virtualization is. But once they get in and start using it, they see it's like a Swiss Army knife, and they can use it in many different ways.

O sun, take away their sight; O rays, run after them; clinging to their feet, fasten yourselves upon them, when the strength of their arms is gone!

Jack McKeon

People talk about Burnett, how he had the greatest arm in the National League and he does. But you've got to have more. If someone said to me, who'd you take, I'd say, 'No question, I'll take the guy Boston got. Because he's a winner.

Ted White

On the way back, they were approached by a vehicle, and two men hopped out of that vehicle. Both were armed with handguns and demanded money and their belongings.

Originally, I was thinking of this event as a shameless publicity stunt' and as an opportunity to bring some attention to the amputee kids in Cambodia with whom I work, ... Now there is a possibility that the event will end up in the black and actually finance some arms and legs.

Officially, of course, no government is involved in the illegal arms industry, but a lot of them close a blind eye.

Offensively, we weren't very competitive all weekend. That's really disappointing, especially at this point in the year after we've seen the arms that we have. We should be hitting the ball a lot better than we are.

Often quoted in forms that correspond only loosely to Hugo's original words, for example: No army can withstand the strength of an idea whose time has come. An idea, to be suggestive, must come to the individual with the force of a revelation.

John Dryden

Of seeming arms to make a short essay, / Then hasten to be drunk, the business of the day.

After years of giving Mr. Blackwell great material for his list, Geena needs to tone down. Her past gowns have been outrageous and not a bit flattering. She is now playing the president of the United States and needs to look elegant and, most of all, intelligent. (Giorgio) Armani would be a great choice.

A four-pitch walk with two outs in the first inning. That's the only problem there was. My arm feels better now than it did at any point last year.

Ronald Reagan

A few months ago, I told the American people I did not trade arms for hostages. My heart and my best intentions still tell me that's true, but the facts and evidence tell me it is not.