Famous Quotes & Sayings

Stephen Kinzer

Afghanistan's borders are arbitrary, drawn to meet 19th-century political needs rather than to respect ethnic or religious patterns.

The Olympics and Turin will be very well equipped with ground forces, air-space security and border security.

Now, it's a matter of seeing whether the funding is forthcoming. We're trying to make lemonade from lemons, but the border needs protecting and it isn't happening.

Bob Edwards

Once we get this push over with at the end of the year, I-44 will be what we consider in good shape border to border.

John Ferguson

During that time, everyone was concerned about another border shutdown.

Companies can give themselves a markedly European identity with the ending; .eu makes marketing without borders possible.

Garret Anderson

They're not making mistakes, and they're living on the corners. You don't make a living hitting borderline pitches that are off the plate.

About 90 percent of the golfers can read whether the putts are going left or right. But when you get the borderline putts, you've got to have something to lean on. He has something to lean on.

They stole one. He's got borderline cockiness, but he's got enough humbleness where you don't think he's arrogant.

The upper classes were trying to patrol their borders and make sure that the newly rich didn't cross. And etiquette manuals, some people argue, were a result of those people who wanted to enter these exclusive precincts, wanting a guide as to how to do it.

John M. McHugh

This election is a critical step in that overall plan - transforming the Iraqi government into a fully constitutional one, able to secure its own borders and ensure the safety of its citizens.

Georgi Parvanov

This border crossing is a symbol of the dynamic development of Greek-Bulgarian relations and shows that we are prepared to go through mountains to tread the paths of friendship.

Mario Batali

Think of the cooking of the Southwest: Arizona, anything on the border of Mexico, the rich chili culture, the unbelievable stews.

It's not just Palmeiro but a lot of these guys have put up numbers that border on the obscene, ... And when you think they've done it illegally when so many guys did it the right way, it's hard to stomach.

For long, the two unmanned borders have presented opportunity to forces inimical to the country's interest to further their nefarious designs through subversion, militant and fundamentalist activities.

Ulrich Beck

For example, European countries have still not yet really opened up their borders to products from these countries, something that is fundamental.

There will be no (Israeli) control on those crossing nor will there be any military presence on the border other than Egyptian-Palestinian.

Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for an haven of ships; and his border shall be unto Zidon.

Javier Solana

This is the first time a border is opened and not controlled by the Israelis. As you can imagine this is a very important step.

Mike Johanns

When one cow was found with BSE in 2003, many of our trading partners closed their borders to our beef.

Sheila Jackson Lee

I disagree that our border is in devastating condition.

Tom Tancredo

We can control our borders, we just choose not too.

And thou shalt make unto it a border of an hand breadth round about, and thou shalt make a golden crown to the border thereof round about.

And they made two rings of gold, and put them on the two ends of the breastplate, upon the border of it, which was on the side of the ephod inward.

And the settle shall be fourteen cubits long and fourteen broad in the four squares thereof; and the border about it shall be half a cubit; and the bottom thereof shall be a cubit about; and his stairs shall look toward the east.

Mark Regev

And the sad truth is that, today, unfortunately, the Palestinians are just not up to the challenge of policing their own border and preventing extremist, terrorist elements from coming in to the Gaza Strip,

Frank Hadden

Edinburgh play Glasgow this weekend and then Edinburgh play the Borders the week after and there's no doubt I will be viewing these are trial opportunities, particularly for hooker,

As the immigration debate continues, we encourage member of Congress to pass comprehensive reform that protects both our borders and our economy.

A total of around 70- or 75,000 people were heading for the border or already at the border.

At some point you know they are going to go on a run and she's going to be in the middle of it. She plays with extreme confidence that borders on arrogance, but doesn't quite cross over that line. The whole team does. They know what they can do.

Customs and Border Patrol officers do use biometric technology. There is the U.S. Visit System. It's another layer of security.

This then was the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah by their families; even to the border of Edom the wilderness of Zin southward was the uttermost part of the south coast.

David Miliband

Israelis and Palestinians are suspicious of each other and of promises from outside. But the need for a negotiated solution between the parties should not stymie international clarity and consensus about the endgame in terms of borders and other issues.