George W. Casey, Jr. Quotes
Increased coalition presence feeds the notion of occupation. It contributes to the dependency of Iraqi security forces on the coalition, ... It extends the amount of time that it will take for Iraqi security forces to become self-reliant. And it exposes more coalition forces to attacks.
Quotes to Explore
-
Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable.
-
I was never that kid who used to brag about anything.
-
The African-American tradition, in the main, is very, very church-based, very, very Christian. It accepts, you know, certain narratives about the world. I didn't really have that present in my house.
-
We no longer dare to believe in beauty and we make of it a mere appearance in order the more easily to dispose of it.
-
There was a president imposed by Syria. Our battle... is to have a Lebanese president that we elect.
-
I think it must be so hard to start your career with everyone going on about how gorgeous you are. To be in that bracket must be so pressurised.
-
I feel like if I'm sick, I need flowers. I'm very open about saying what I need from a partner, and he needs to meet those demands.
-
I have visited Australia several times, and I always try to make a point of going to Melbourne because it's almost my favorite city there, Melbourne and Sydney. But I shouldn't say that because I haven't been everywhere-and I'm very fond of Perth too!
-
I was making my living from a joke about my appearance that I didn't understand, and in a way still don't, because when I look in a mirror it doesn't seem funny to me.
-
When Gordon Brown becomes prime minister, the balance sheet that reflects his economic stewardship could look very sickly indeed. He could become Labour's biggest liability, not its most marketable asset.
-
Whether the angels play only Bach praising God, I am not quite sure. I am sure, however, that en famille they play Mozart.
-
One should know their body types well to experiment with trends.
-
As much as movies are about the words that you're saying, they're also about what's not said, the silent moments.
-
All action takes place, so to speak, in a kind of twilight, which like a fog or moonlight, often tends to make things seem grotesque and larger than they really are.
-
Only lies and evil come from letting people off.
-
I always feel like I want to work with people who raise my game, and I can do the same for them, and we can jump off the cliff together.
-
Short stories are fiction's R & D department, and failed or less-than-conclusive experiments are not just to be expected but to be hoped for.
-
As a father, I would say I am more like a mother. I do a lot of hugging.
-
Friends are "annuals" that need seasonal nurturing to bear blossoms. Family is a "perennial" that comes up year after year, enduring the droughts of absence and neglect. There's a place in the garden for both of them.
-
Nursing is not only a natural vocation for a woman, but an occupation which increases her matrimonial chances about eighty per cent.
-
If we can get to that 3 percent grow, it is $2 trillion to $2.5 trillion worth of more government revenues. It's 12 million additional jobs. And those are 12 million jobs paying into Medicare, 12 million jobs paying into Social Security. Growth really is what's driving all of this and growth is what our focus is, which is why we're willing to accept increased short-term deficits in exchange for that long-term payoff.
-
I'd always wanted to do a Marvel project, and I'd always imagined getting to play one of the superheroes because it's such a hard thing to get. It's the parts that only go to a few people. The flip side of that is the antagonists are pretty awesome.
-
I don't want to spend my life doing jobs that I don't care about.
-
Increased coalition presence feeds the notion of occupation. It contributes to the dependency of Iraqi security forces on the coalition, ... It extends the amount of time that it will take for Iraqi security forces to become self-reliant. And it exposes more coalition forces to attacks.
