Anne O'Hare McCormick Quotes

The struggle to maintain peace is immeasurably more difficult than any military operation.

Anne O'Hare McCormick

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• I accepted the interviews and encounters that had to be held with the media, but I would have preferred to work in peace.

  

  Naguib Mahfouz
  • Work
  • Peace
  • Media

• Where there is righteousness in the heart, there is beauty in the character. When there is beauty in the character, there is harmony in the home. When there is harmony in the home, there is order in the nation. When there is order in the nation, there is peace in the world.

  

  A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  • World
  • Heart
  • Home

• Flamethrowers have been used by many armies in many wars, including by American Marines in Korea and Vietnam. They cause horrific deaths and are thus a serious public-relations liability. The U.S. military apparently phased them out in 1978.

  

  Rachel Kushner
  • American
  • Serious
  • Military

• Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!

  

  Patrick Henry
  • Life
  • Death
  • Peace

• Every day, my love for Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, increases.

  

  Hamza Yusuf
  • Love
  • Peace
  • Blessings

• The word 'geek' today does not mean what it used to mean. A geek isn't the skinny kid with a pocket protector and acne. There can be computer geeks, video game geeks, car geeks, military geeks, and sports geeks. Being a geek just means that you're passionate about something.

  

  Olivia Munn
  • Today
  • Game
  • Car

• The true object of war fought for God should always be peace.

  

  Hamza Yusuf
  • God
  • War
  • True

• That's the great thing about G.I. Joe: it's essentially superheroes, but it's military based - and it's based in reality.

  

  D. J. Cotrona
  • Great
  • Reality
  • Military

• In reference to the Army and Navy, lately employed with so much distinction on active service, care shall be taken to insure the highest condition of efficiency; and in furtherance of that object, the Military and Naval Schools, sustained by the liberality of Congress, shall receive the special attention of the Executive.

  

  Zachary Taylor
  • Attention
  • Taken
  • Care

• The stabilising power of economic union was one of the reasons the E.U. was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

  

  Najib Razak
  • Power
  • Peace
  • Economic

• It's outrageous that many enlisted people qualify for food stamps because military salaries are so low.

  

  Patricia Schroeder
  • People
  • Food
  • Military

• I think what the Nobel committee is doing is going beyond war and looking at what humanity can do to prevent war. Sustainable management of our natural resources will promote peace.

  

  Wangari Maathai
  • War
  • Peace
  • Humanity

• In the 2000 election, George W. Bush, who had shirked military service, succeeded in presenting himself as more reliable on national security than Al Gore.

  

  Samantha Power
  • Military
  • Service
  • Security

• I get in trouble when I say things like, 'I'm attracted to violence.' I was a pretty angry kid, and I got into military history largely as a way to vent my own anger. As I got older it narrowed down to a more specific focus on individual violence. I'm just trying to understand where it came from.

  

  Caleb Carr
  • Trying
  • History
  • Pretty

• September 11 happened, and all my friends were like, 'Let's join the military!' and I was the only one who actually did.

  

  Adam Driver
  • Friends
  • Military
  • September

• The use and threat of force, when world peace is not in danger, are no longer valid frames of reference for achieving the ends sought today by sovereign nations.

  

  Carlos Salinas de Gortari
  • World
  • Today
  • Peace

• You have to make peace with yourself. The key is to find the harmony in what you have.

  

  Naomi Watts
  • Peace
  • Yourself
  • Harmony

• We have the Troops to Teachers program, which encourages retired military individuals to go into teaching.

  

  Ralph Regula
  • Military
  • Go
  • Teachers

• I absolutely fell in love with being on the water and the peace and freedom that you get being on the water in a single boat.

  

  Oksana Masters
  • Freedom
  • Peace
  • Single

• You think that adulthood will hit and you'll suddenly be more capable. But that doesn't happen, ever, does it?

  

  Sally Hawkins
  • Think
  • You
  • Happen

• That really was a lot of the appeal of 'Rumours.' The music was wonderful, but the music was also authentic because it was two couples breaking up and writing dialogue to each other. It was also appealing because we were rising to the occasion to follow our destiny.

  

  Lindsey Buckingham
  • Up
  • Music
  • Writing

• If you're a film fan, collecting video is sort of like marijuana. Laser discs, they're definitely cocaine. Film prints are heroin, all right? You're shooting smack when you start collecting film prints. So, I kinda got into it in a big way, and I've got a pretty nice collection I'm real proud of.

  

  Quentin Tarantino
  • Real
  • Pretty
  • Nice

• Know what you're trying to do before you do it. Turning knobs at random isn't enlightening any more than throwing paint at a wall blindfolded will let you paint a nice picture.

  

  Steve Albini Big Black
  • Trying
  • Nice
  • Wall

• The struggle to maintain peace is immeasurably more difficult than any military operation.

  

  Anne O'Hare McCormick
  • Peace
  • Military
  • Operation