"Iraqi forces are still in control of the city, and they are engaging in an attrition war with the enemy."

-- Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf

#War Quotes #Military Quotes #Cities Quotes

“Barabas placed a stack on the table and held the chair out for me. â€œFor you.â€ â€œIâ€™m hungry and I donâ€™t have time for this.â€ Barabasâ€™s eyes held no mercy. â€œMake time, Alpha. You have two hands. You can eat and sign simultaneously.â€ Curran grinned. â€œEnjoying my suffering?â€ I asked. â€œI find it hilarious that youâ€™ll run into a gunfight with nothing but your sword, but paperwork makes you panic.â€ Barabas put a thicker stack in front of him. â€œThis is yours, mâ€™lord.â€ Curran swore.”
“Sacredness of human life! The world has never believed it! It has been with life that we settled our quarrels, won wives, gold and land, defended ideas, imposed religions. We have held that a death toll was a necessary part of every human achievement, whether sport, war or industry. A moment's rage over the horror of it, and we have sunk into indifference.”
“There are people who want to live and then the people who want to hold them down. I've tried to not be one of the latter my entire life.”
“If you're black in America, race is a factor in your life. Start with that assumption.”
“The letter kills the spirit. The written text is mute in the face of responding challenge. It does not admit of inward growth and correction. Text subverts the absolutely vital role of memory.”
“Human ability is an unequal match for the violent and unforeseen vicissitudes of the world.”

Source : Hugh Blair (1827). “Sermons ... To which is prefixed, a short account of the life and character of the author, by James Finlayson ... A new edition, etc. With a portrait”, p.17
“The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good.”
“I don't like that The Simpsons are spokespeople for Burger King and MasterCard and Butterfinger. In the first Gulf War, I was really upset that the Simpsons characters were being drawn on tanks and bombs. But those are things that I don't control.”

Source : Source: www.ericspitznagel.com

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