Raymond T. Odierno Quotes
You've got to hae ground forces that are capable of going after them and rooting them out.
Quotes to Explore
-
Gory stuff can be shocking but it doesn't really scare me. I'd say the kind of stuff that gets under my skin is the unknown. You hear a knock behind a wall and you don't know what it is. Is there something there or not?
-
The first book I sat down to write was an historical romance. It was really bad and thankfully no one ever saw it.
-
I can't seem to help writing love stories. I definitely crave romance. When I was young, I craved romance in books, but I didn't want to read just romance - love plays such a big part in our lives, it shouldn't be cut out and restricted to its own fiction.
-
I just want people to know they are the masters of their own fortune and misfortune. A lot of us think that doctors and drugs are going to control and help us, but the reality is we're our own best doctor.
-
It's important for people to understand where things come or what they represent.
-
I guess I am sometimes over the top on stage, but then, that is my personality. I'm over the top in real life, too.
-
As women, we're nurturers by nature. We want to make sure everyone is happy. That's a good thing, but we also have to put ourselves on that happiness list.
-
I don't have that kind of Southern experience of the fire-and-brimstone preacher type of thing. Certainly not in my comedy.
-
We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.
-
The way I was grew up gave me a slight fearlessness and a sense of independence. There are things about it that have definitely informed me. And then, as a parent, it's done the opposite. It's made me feel much more protective. There are boundaries in my kids' lives that I don't think I had.
-
It's weird, when I go back to San Francisco, the few times that I've done shows there since leaving, it still feels like I live there. It's very, very strange for me. That's where my daughter was born, at UCSF. I have this huge attachment to San Francisco. It's like a love affair.
-
Our politicians are stupid. And the Mexican government is much smarter, much sharper, much more cunning. And they send the bad ones over because they don't want to pay for them. They don't want to take care of them. Why should they when the stupid leaders of the United States will do it for them?
-
Families in which nothing is ever discussed usually have a lot not to discuss.
-
I'm just a newsboy who met a President.
-
'OLTL' was a bootcamp for me, and I was lucky to be a part of it. It was a great experience and met great long-term friends from it.
-
I find that my entire life has come to me, and things happened without me planning them. You know, I never asked to photograph Princess Diana, and that made me more famous than I wanted. I never asked to photograph Madonna, and that pushed me to another level. There are things that just take you into the limelight.
-
We are all equal, rich and poor, and we need a society where the people enjoy their rights.
-
The world and the universe are far more wonderful if there's not a puppet master.
-
The national debate on Social Security has been cheapened by demagoguery on all sides.
-
When I looked in his eyes, I just kept on walking.
-
Consider what you want to do in relation to what you are capable of doing. Climbing is, above all, a matter of integrity.
-
Sometimes, the aftermath is more devastating than the storm. That is the story of the 2008 financial crisis. It was disastrous at the time, but what has been worse is how long it has lingered.
-
High school is closer to the core of the American experience than anything else I can think of.
-
You've got to hae ground forces that are capable of going after them and rooting them out.
