Jim Webb Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
By the end of 2008, clearly the Al Qaeda and Sunni insurgency had been relatively stabilized. And in the Al Qaeda's mind, they were defeated.
-
I like to take walks in the park by myself, where no one can bother me and I can think.
-
I learned how to read in second grade, and I entered a summer contest at my local library in Chattanooga, Tennessee. If you read more books than anybody else, you got your Polaroid up on the bulletin board, and I did.
-
The mind is a superb instrument if used rightly. Used wrongly, however, it becomes very destructive. To put it more accurately... you usually don't use it at all. It uses you.
-
I've made a decision and now I must face the consequences.
-
I was never that famous, but I do think going to college and really getting away from the business and taking a true break is incredibly, incredibly important if you start acting at a young age.
-
I see the city as an organism, shaped through time by the little humans having habits and doing millions of stuff in and out of it.
-
All things considered, defending our borders by building a fence to keep out people is a necessity. There is no more humane alternative when it comes to protecting ourselves. We must act humanely, within the law, while honoring transparency, but with firm resolve.
-
My work in the House of Representatives, at this time in my life, is completed. It is time to return home.
-
I love comedy because I'm naturally a very silly person.
-
The gravest risks from al Qaeda combine its affinity for big targets and its announced desire for weapons of mass destruction.
-
I have no problem being mainstream. I grew up in the '90s when the mainstream was amazing.
-
As a child, I had a serious illness that lasted for two years or more. I have vague recollections of this illness and of my being carried about a great deal. I was known as the 'sick one.' Whether this illness gave me a twist away from ordinary paths, I don't know; but it is possible.
-
George W. Bush always said and did what he believed and he let it rip.
-
Growing up in Australia, space exploration wasn't something I was too aware of.
-
If I could give my teenaged self any advice, it would be 'Calm down!'
-
A critic is a reader who ruminates. Thus, he should have more than one stomach.
-
My heroes are the camera crew and the electricians. They work such long hours.
-
I like new challenges.
-
All countries should immediately now activate their pandemic preparedness plans. Countries should remain on high alert for unusual outbreaks of influenza-like illness and severe pneumonia.
-
I would like to use the law of this land to do everything I possibly can to protect America's children from abuse and violence and to give to each of them the opportunity to grow to be strong, healthy and self-sufficient citizens of this country.
-
One of the great things about the 'Iron Man' franchise is that they employ fascinating actors who don't necessarily do action movies. Before 'Iron Man' you didn't associate Robert Downey, Jr. and Gwyneth Paltrow with those kinds of films. There's an emphasis on repartee and wit.
-
I'm a Democrat, and I have strong reasons for being a Democrat.
