Frederick Banting Quotes
In the past, war was confined for the most part to men in uniform, but with increased mechanization of armies and the introduction of air forces, there is an increased dependence on the home country, and eight to ten people working at home are now required to keep one man in the fighting line.
Quotes to Explore
-
Right now, more people enjoy movies, music, television and movies than they do video games.
-
Though many corporations honor commitments to reduce dangerous pollution, some cut corners and cheat. The marketplace doesn't always have mechanisms to correct bad actors.
-
My dad's one of the funniest men in the world. I grew up with him making me laugh so much I'd beg him to stop.
-
Music is almost like a therapy for me. It helps keep me centered and think straight. Before I discovered it, I was walking around, and it felt like there were 25 extra pounds of gravity on my shoulders. It's like you're mute or something.
-
I came to London. It had become the center of my world and I had worked hard to come to it. And I was lost.
-
If you're going to play a villain, there's no greater compliment than being told that you give people nightmares. I never thought I would be the actor that would give people nightmares.
-
The classic, 'Romeo and Juliet,' for me, is the iconic story of young love.
-
Any time there's a scandal, we always try and get involved.
-
When I was younger, I thought about retiring.
-
Everyone asks me if I'm the princess or if my brothers beat me up. The younger ones I can deck pretty easily. With the older ones, it's harder.
-
New online formats gutted the newspaper-ad business. Why pore over tiny print looking for a job in the want ads when you can tap a few keywords into monster.com, then click through and apply? Why pay a steep per-character rate for a classified when you can hawk a whole garage full of used stuff on EBay or Craigslist for free?
-
If India has to achieve exponential growth, it would have to be on the back of strong growth in the manufacturing sector.
-
All British people have plain names, and that works pretty well over there.
-
I never met a woman I didn't like. I love 'em all, in their different ways.
-
A lot of movies are made to make us dream.
-
Whether it goes to series or stands by itself, I'm proud of what we did with it, not only from the standpoint of what it could have been, but for itself.
-
Hollywood has to be a better reflection of the world we live in.
-
After the first exams, I switched to the Faculty of Philosophy and studied Zoology in Munich and Vienna.
-
I see the job of directing as being one of creating the right atmosphere, creating an environment where people can realize their full potential.
-
The men and women of our armed forces played an instrumental role in the election process - securing polling sites and providing security - that allowed so many Iraqis the opportunity to vote freely for the first time ever.
-
I'm trying not to speculate. A lot of people are speculating wildly about what happened and then in an e-mail you find out it's wrong.
-
Everyone has a family, even if they're at war or fallen apart. It's the closest initial bond, and there's a sort of primal element to that. Your primary relationships are formed out of family.
-
Several hundreds of thousands of Palestinian Arabs live in slums known as refugee camps in Gaza, Judea, and Somalia. Attempts by Israel to rehabilitate and oust them have been defeated by Arab objections. Nor has their fate been any better in Arab states.
-
In the past, war was confined for the most part to men in uniform, but with increased mechanization of armies and the introduction of air forces, there is an increased dependence on the home country, and eight to ten people working at home are now required to keep one man in the fighting line.
