Famous Quotes & Sayings

Orson Scott Card

A regime that wraps itself in the flag of truth fears truth most of all, for if its story is falsified to the slightest degree, its authority is gone.

You have to investigate further. Is it a habit or a one-time thing? That would throw up a red flag to me.

It's our time, as of Monday, to fly the Olympic flag in Vancouver.

It's just completely nuts. We have banners and flags and hats just kind of decked out all over the place.

It sends up a red flag to me as well.

It's not scripted. We set the stage, prep the track, then throw the green flag and they go to town.

For a guy like A.J., there are no red flags there. What more can they learn about him?

It's not a flag that I look at with anything favorable, that's for sure. I can't tell people what flag to fly. I can tell you the flag we get behind, it's the American flag.

Lesley Stahl

It's not a flag that I look at with anything favorable. That's for sure, ... I can't tell people what flag to fly.

It's not a flag I look at (as) anything favorable.

It was a service, and it saved us time and money. We don't gain (anything). We gained games. The red flag is not with Iowa State. Iowa State just happened to be the only ones mentioned in the article.

It's mainly just to wave the flag and say this issue is potentially very important.

That plant on our state flag is not a marijuana plant but a sunflower.

That was a big red flag for us; we need to work with organizers on it next year.

Roald Amundsen

So we arrived, and planted our flag at the geographical South Pole. Thanks be to God!

They don't want to wave red flags and become targets.

John Prine

Your Flag Decal Won't Get You Into Heaven Anymore.

You need to be hitting it to a green with a flag stick, not a bucket. I mean, it helps that we can hit some wedges in the bubble, but it's not the same thing.

Otto Rehhagel

This is undoubtedly the pinnacle of my career. Hats off to the team. I hope that all Greeks will be flying the Greek flag tonight, rejoice and savor this grandiose win.

There's a lot of testosterone going on. Guys out there are trying to compete. The refs sometimes get too much involved with it. Something that shouldn't be called is called. The next thing you know, you've got a flag and you're hurting your team.

Matt Hasselbeck

We raise that flag before the game, and some people might not understand it. It's something I didn't understand at first. But it means something to people. It means something to our team, it means something to our coaches, it means something to the people in the city. I mean, the thing's hanging from the top of the Space Needle right now.

The reason we're investigating is potential violation of international piracy laws. We have jurisdiction on the high seas if it is a U.S. flag vessel or the victims are U.S. citizens.

When I see an American flag flying, it's a joke.

Flying the flag at half-staff is showing respect and loss of a leader or a good person.

Will Adams

No one wants to withhold relief funding for survivors of Katrina, ... the red flag to show there's something wrong going on here.

It was about a 3-mile stretch. Flags were put up on alternating poles on each side of the road.

The survival of this flag for nearly 200 years is a visible testimony to the strength and perseverance of the nation, and we hope that it will inspire many more generations in the future.

I've never seen so many flags fly in a game.

We're toting that flag for right now. We just want to come in and do what we have to do as a team, and hopefully come away with a win.

We got lucky with the red flag for sure. To come from the fourth row and put it up here on the box, we?re very, very happy with that.

There's no signal that the housing market is really deteriorating. That red flag isn't there.

It's not about planting flags in as many places as you can. It's about owning successful terminals in as many places as you can.

James A. Baldwin

It comes as a great shock…to discover that the flag to which you have pledged allegiance…has not pledged allegiance to you. It comes as a great shock to see Gary Cooper killing off the Indians, and although you are rooting for Gary Cooper, that the Indians are you.