Bosnia is under my skin. It's the place you cannot leave behind. I was obsessed by the nightmare of it all; there was this sense of guilt, and an anger that has become something much deeper over these last years.
Paddy Ashdown
I am formally accountable to the steering board of the PIC, and I meet with nine ambassadors from the PIC every week. I have to have the capitals' broad agreement with what I do.
Paddy Ashdown
I am here because I think it was a terrible sin of the west to allow those years of war.
Paddy Ashdown
I can create institutions, but I can't rewrite the chips in people's heads.
Paddy Ashdown
I can establish the expectation of retributive justice. Have we done that? No.
Paddy Ashdown
I don't think Bosnia is ready for reconciliation, but I do think it is ready for truth.
Paddy Ashdown
I love this country, I love these people, though I can't say I love their politicians. People are always nicer than politicians, but here, you can mark that difference up a hundredfold.
Paddy Ashdown
I was told there would be riots in the streets, but there were no riots.
Paddy Ashdown
I've had much nastier things said about me in the British press than in the Bosnian press.
Paddy Ashdown
It was a superb agreement to end a war, but a very bad agreement to make a state. From now on, we have to part company with Dayton and try to build a modern democratic state, for which I have tried to lay the foundations.
Paddy Ashdown
It works both ways: there are victims of tragedy who come to me who have experienced grief of such magnitude that they cannot reconcile. Likewise, I cannot change the mentality of those who committed the crimes or the fools who followed them.
Paddy Ashdown
It would be a foolish high representative who worked that way.
Paddy Ashdown
It's not my job to be popular. I'm goal-driven; my job is to get results.
Paddy Ashdown
Maybe it's legitimate criticism, though it can be hurtful. Maybe I haven't paid sufficient attention to the people with whom I would have a natural affinity as a liberal, and they feel let down by that.
Paddy Ashdown
My second job has been to try to use my power to create institutions of a modern state that could enter the European Union, and there was very little time. The door was closing, and I wanted to get Bosnia through before it shut.
Paddy Ashdown
People do not want politicians they know to be corrupt.
Paddy Ashdown
Politics is about putting yourself in a state of grace.
Paddy Ashdown
Politics is compromise.
Paddy Ashdown
The generous way of putting it is that we were not ready for this. The less generous way is to say: How was it possible to return to the politics of appeasement of the 1930s?
Paddy Ashdown
The greatest failure is that although we have created institutions, we have not created a civil society.
Paddy Ashdown
Sunday, July 31, 2011
John Ashcroft Quotes
Agents need to be free to pursue investigations in ways that they haven't. There have been restraints that a reformed FBI needs to make sure we don't impose.
John Ashcroft
All of us want to have meaning in our lives and want to feel like we're doing something that makes a difference. I believe we're doing that in the Justice Department.
John Ashcroft
An FBI agent ought to be able to surf the net and look for sites that instruct people how to make bombs.
John Ashcroft
I don't play full court anymore. I just play half-court.
John Ashcroft
If necessity is the mother of invention, it's the father of cooperation. And we're cooperating like never before.
John Ashcroft
It doesn't help to wait until something happens and then prosecute the offenders, especially if it's the idea of the offender to extinguish himself in the commission of the crime.
John Ashcroft
It's a different world.
John Ashcroft
Nothing remains great without a capacity to change and to accommodate the conditions of a changing world.
John Ashcroft
Nothing that we have authorized conflicts with any law regarding privacy or any provision of the constitution.
John Ashcroft
People who commit crimes should be responsible for those crimes. It doesn't matter whether they're priests or ministers or atheists.
John Ashcroft
Prior to September 11, we thought the world beyond our shores was one world of risk and the world in our continent was another world of risk.
John Ashcroft
Reasonable regulations regarding the ownership of weapons are appropriate.
John Ashcroft
The FBI has long been a part of the security for the nation's banks because bank robberies have been a priority.
John Ashcroft
The FBI. is a massive culture. It's been a culture that served America well, and it's been focused on prosecution. But what we need in terms of terrorism is prevention.
John Ashcroft
The Internet provides very serious challenges to our ability to keep from children the kinds of things that are destructive to them.
John Ashcroft
The liberties and freedoms which we hold dear and we recognize and cherish and respect guide the way we gather information in the United States.
John Ashcroft
The new rule says that the FBI has the right to go to public places on the same terms and conditions as other members of the public for counter-terrorism purposes.
John Ashcroft
The path we have chosen is constitutional.
John Ashcroft
The Patriot Act allows and provides a basis for an exchange of information.
John Ashcroft
The way the terrorist is trained to operate, especially the suicide terrorists, makes punishment and the threat of punishment far less valuable to those who would prevent the crime.
John Ashcroft
Richie Ashburn Quotes
I wish I'd known early what I had to learn late.
Richie Ashburn
I'm flattered that so many baseball people think I'm a Hall of Famer. But what's hard to believe is how one-hundred and fifty plus people have changed their minds about me since I became eligible, because I haven't had a base hit since then.
Richie Ashburn
To cure a batting slump, I took my bat to bed with me. I wanted to know my bat a little better.
Richie Ashburn
Richie Ashburn
I'm flattered that so many baseball people think I'm a Hall of Famer. But what's hard to believe is how one-hundred and fifty plus people have changed their minds about me since I became eligible, because I haven't had a base hit since then.
Richie Ashburn
To cure a batting slump, I took my bat to bed with me. I wanted to know my bat a little better.
Richie Ashburn
John Ashbery Quotes
I don't look on poetry as closed works. I feel they're going on all the time in my head and I occasionally snip off a length.
John Ashbery
I like poems you can tack all over with a hammer and there are no hollow places.
John Ashbery
I write with experiences in mind, but I don't write about them, I write out of them.
John Ashbery
The poem is sad because it wants to be yours, and cannot be.
John Ashbery
There is the view that poetry should improve your life. I think people confuse it with the Salvation Army.
John Ashbery
John Ashbery
I like poems you can tack all over with a hammer and there are no hollow places.
John Ashbery
I write with experiences in mind, but I don't write about them, I write out of them.
John Ashbery
The poem is sad because it wants to be yours, and cannot be.
John Ashbery
There is the view that poetry should improve your life. I think people confuse it with the Salvation Army.
John Ashbery
Mary Kay Ash Quotes
A company is only as good as the people it keeps.
Mary Kay Ash
A good goal is like a strenuous exercise - it makes you stretch.
Mary Kay Ash
A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one.
Mary Kay Ash
Aerodynamically, the bumble bee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn't know it so it goes on flying anyway.
Mary Kay Ash
Central banks don't have divine wisdom. They try to do the best analysis they can and must be prepared to stand or fall by the quality of that analysis.
Mary Kay Ash
Criticize the act, not the person.
Mary Kay Ash
Dare to risk public criticism.
Mary Kay Ash
Don't limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind lets you. What you believe, remember, you can achieve.
Mary Kay Ash
Every silver lining has a cloud.
Mary Kay Ash
Everyone has an invisible sign hanging from their neck saying, 'Make me feel important.' Never forget this message when working with people.
Mary Kay Ash
Everyone wants to be appreciated, so if you appreciate someone, don't keep it a secret.
Mary Kay Ash
For every failure, there's an alternative course of action. You just have to find it. When you come to a roadblock, take a detour.
Mary Kay Ash
Give yourself something to work toward - constantly.
Mary Kay Ash
Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist.
Mary Kay Ash
If you think you can, you can. And if you think you can't, you're right.
Mary Kay Ash
Left eyebrow raised, right eyebrow raised.
Mary Kay Ash
Most people live and die with their music still unplayed. They never dare to try.
Mary Kay Ash
No matter how busy you are, you must take time to make the other person feel important.
Mary Kay Ash
People are definitely a company's greatest asset. It doesn't make any difference whether the product is cars or cosmetics. A company is only as good as the people it keeps.
Mary Kay Ash
People fall forward to success.
Mary Kay Ash
Mary Kay Ash
A good goal is like a strenuous exercise - it makes you stretch.
Mary Kay Ash
A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one.
Mary Kay Ash
Aerodynamically, the bumble bee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn't know it so it goes on flying anyway.
Mary Kay Ash
Central banks don't have divine wisdom. They try to do the best analysis they can and must be prepared to stand or fall by the quality of that analysis.
Mary Kay Ash
Criticize the act, not the person.
Mary Kay Ash
Dare to risk public criticism.
Mary Kay Ash
Don't limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind lets you. What you believe, remember, you can achieve.
Mary Kay Ash
Every silver lining has a cloud.
Mary Kay Ash
Everyone has an invisible sign hanging from their neck saying, 'Make me feel important.' Never forget this message when working with people.
Mary Kay Ash
Everyone wants to be appreciated, so if you appreciate someone, don't keep it a secret.
Mary Kay Ash
For every failure, there's an alternative course of action. You just have to find it. When you come to a roadblock, take a detour.
Mary Kay Ash
Give yourself something to work toward - constantly.
Mary Kay Ash
Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist.
Mary Kay Ash
If you think you can, you can. And if you think you can't, you're right.
Mary Kay Ash
Left eyebrow raised, right eyebrow raised.
Mary Kay Ash
Most people live and die with their music still unplayed. They never dare to try.
Mary Kay Ash
No matter how busy you are, you must take time to make the other person feel important.
Mary Kay Ash
People are definitely a company's greatest asset. It doesn't make any difference whether the product is cars or cosmetics. A company is only as good as the people it keeps.
Mary Kay Ash
People fall forward to success.
Mary Kay Ash
Timothy Garton Ash Quotes
A central claim of the Bush administration's foreign policy is that the spread of democracy in the Middle East is the cure for terrorism.
Timothy Garton Ash
After saying yes to Turkey, the EU is having difficulty finding clear and consistent grounds for saying no to other, still more remote candidates - but being in the general vicinity of Europe does seem to be a continuing requirement.
Timothy Garton Ash
But transitions from the politics of violence to democratic compromise are always messy.
Timothy Garton Ash
Canadians tend to be a bit more religious than most Europeans - though not more than the Poles or Ukrainians. Most important, their attitude to immigration and ethnic minorities is more positive than that of most Europeans.
Timothy Garton Ash
Developments in information technology and globalised media mean that the most powerful military in the history of the world can lose a war, not on the battlefield of dust and blood, but on the battlefield of world opinion.
Timothy Garton Ash
I have also been saddened, though hardly surprised, by the weakness of the EU's reaction to the criminal attack on the Danish embassy in Syria, which seems to have been permitted, if not actively encouraged, by the Syrian regime.
Timothy Garton Ash
I love this country, but the union jack leaves me cold.
Timothy Garton Ash
No country in Europe has a larger proportion of men and women of immigrant descent, mainly from the African continent and mainly Muslim: an estimated six to seven million of them, or more than 10% of the population.
Timothy Garton Ash
Nuclear proliferation - the proliferation of WMDs altogether - is one of the greatest dangers of our time.
Timothy Garton Ash
One thing, however, I know with certainty: violence, or the direct threat of violence, of the kind we have seen in the past few days, is totally unjustified as a response to any published word or image.
Timothy Garton Ash
That said, the question remains: how to strike the balance between free speech and mutual respect in this mixed-up world, both blessed and cursed with instant communication? We should not fight fire with fire, threats with threats.
Timothy Garton Ash
The key to the survival of liberty in the modern world is the embrace of multiple identities.
Timothy Garton Ash
To be in Florence is to reflect on Europe's intricate diversity - and its lost creativity.
Timothy Garton Ash
Yet another thing Canadians and Europeans have in common is an obsession with the United States, and with distinguishing themselves from it, often by crude stereotyping.
Timothy Garton Ash
Timothy Garton Ash
After saying yes to Turkey, the EU is having difficulty finding clear and consistent grounds for saying no to other, still more remote candidates - but being in the general vicinity of Europe does seem to be a continuing requirement.
Timothy Garton Ash
But transitions from the politics of violence to democratic compromise are always messy.
Timothy Garton Ash
Canadians tend to be a bit more religious than most Europeans - though not more than the Poles or Ukrainians. Most important, their attitude to immigration and ethnic minorities is more positive than that of most Europeans.
Timothy Garton Ash
Developments in information technology and globalised media mean that the most powerful military in the history of the world can lose a war, not on the battlefield of dust and blood, but on the battlefield of world opinion.
Timothy Garton Ash
I have also been saddened, though hardly surprised, by the weakness of the EU's reaction to the criminal attack on the Danish embassy in Syria, which seems to have been permitted, if not actively encouraged, by the Syrian regime.
Timothy Garton Ash
I love this country, but the union jack leaves me cold.
Timothy Garton Ash
No country in Europe has a larger proportion of men and women of immigrant descent, mainly from the African continent and mainly Muslim: an estimated six to seven million of them, or more than 10% of the population.
Timothy Garton Ash
Nuclear proliferation - the proliferation of WMDs altogether - is one of the greatest dangers of our time.
Timothy Garton Ash
One thing, however, I know with certainty: violence, or the direct threat of violence, of the kind we have seen in the past few days, is totally unjustified as a response to any published word or image.
Timothy Garton Ash
That said, the question remains: how to strike the balance between free speech and mutual respect in this mixed-up world, both blessed and cursed with instant communication? We should not fight fire with fire, threats with threats.
Timothy Garton Ash
The key to the survival of liberty in the modern world is the embrace of multiple identities.
Timothy Garton Ash
To be in Florence is to reflect on Europe's intricate diversity - and its lost creativity.
Timothy Garton Ash
Yet another thing Canadians and Europeans have in common is an obsession with the United States, and with distinguishing themselves from it, often by crude stereotyping.
Timothy Garton Ash
Roger Ascham Quotes
By experience we find out a short way by a long wandering.
Roger Ascham
He that will write well in any tongue, must follow this counsel of Aristotle, to speak as the common people do, to think as wise men do: and so should every man understand him, and the judgment of wise men allow him.
Roger Ascham
In mine opinion, love is fitter than fear, gentleness better than beating, to bring up a child rightly in learning.
Roger Ascham
In our fathers' time nothing was read but books of feigned chivalry, wherein a man by reading should be led to none other end, but only to manslaughter and bawdry.
Roger Ascham
It is costly wisdom that is bought by experience.
Roger Ascham
Learning teacheth more in one year than experience in twenty.
Roger Ascham
Let the master praise him, and say, "Here ye do well." For, I assure you, there is no such whetstone to sharpen a good wit, and encourage a will to learning, as is praise.
Roger Ascham
Mark all mathematical heads which be wholly and only bent on these sciences, how solitary they be themselves, how unfit to live with others, how unapt to serve the world.
Roger Ascham
The least learned, for the most part, have been always most ready to write.
Roger Ascham
There is no such whetstone, to sharpen a good wit and encourage a will to learning, as is praise.
Roger Ascham
To speak as the common people do, to think as wise men do is style.
Roger Ascham
Young children were sooner allured by love, than driven by beating, to attain good learning.
Roger Ascham
Roger Ascham
He that will write well in any tongue, must follow this counsel of Aristotle, to speak as the common people do, to think as wise men do: and so should every man understand him, and the judgment of wise men allow him.
Roger Ascham
In mine opinion, love is fitter than fear, gentleness better than beating, to bring up a child rightly in learning.
Roger Ascham
In our fathers' time nothing was read but books of feigned chivalry, wherein a man by reading should be led to none other end, but only to manslaughter and bawdry.
Roger Ascham
It is costly wisdom that is bought by experience.
Roger Ascham
Learning teacheth more in one year than experience in twenty.
Roger Ascham
Let the master praise him, and say, "Here ye do well." For, I assure you, there is no such whetstone to sharpen a good wit, and encourage a will to learning, as is praise.
Roger Ascham
Mark all mathematical heads which be wholly and only bent on these sciences, how solitary they be themselves, how unfit to live with others, how unapt to serve the world.
Roger Ascham
The least learned, for the most part, have been always most ready to write.
Roger Ascham
There is no such whetstone, to sharpen a good wit and encourage a will to learning, as is praise.
Roger Ascham
To speak as the common people do, to think as wise men do is style.
Roger Ascham
Young children were sooner allured by love, than driven by beating, to attain good learning.
Roger Ascham
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