Afghanistan News Quotes & Sayings

I generally don't follow domestic news that much aside from how it relates to the stories I'm covering abroad, like what Americans think of the War in Afghanistan. — Lynsey Addario

I didn't know Michael Hastings very well, but one thing about him was always obvious - he was born to be in the news business, he loved it, he was made for it. He wrote about Iraq and Afghanistan as places he had always been destined to visit. — Matt Taibbi

Winter in Peking is insurpassable, unless indeed it is surpassed by the other seasons in that blessed city. For Peking is a city clearly marked by the seasons, each perfect in its own way and each different from the others. — Lin Yutang

A band is sort of like a star. It reaches a peak and burns out. To have five guys working in perfect harmony longer than a couple years is difficult. — Adrian Smith

I haven't said this yet, and I think I will say it. I stand by every word in the Hillary book to this day. — Edward Klein

Legalism is a more dangerous disease than alcoholism because it doesn't look like one. Alcoholism makes men fail; legalism helps them succeed in the world. Alcoholism makes men depend on the bottle; legalism makes them self-sufficient, depending on no one. Alcoholism destroys moral resolve; legalism gives it strength. Alcoholics don't feel welcome in the church; legalists love to hear their morality extolled in church. — John Piper

When did an old white guy yelling at me, telling me what to think become news? What gives him the right to tell me what to think? When was the last time he was in Iraq or Afghanistan or Sri Lanka ... or anywhere that didn't have a beach? — Lisa Ling

We may have our private opinions but why should they be a bar to the meeting of hearts? — Mahatma Gandhi

I think you can decide how much of yourself you're willing to make public. — Rupert Friend

His grandfather had often told him that he tried too hard to move trees when a wiser man would walk around them. — Patricia Briggs

But love needs to have a future. And Sofia and I don't have a future. We've just had a good time sharing the present, that all.'
'You really think love needs to have a future?'
'Absolutely. — David Levithan

Here's the latest from the Pentagon
the generals are worried that the White House is spreading itself thin by trying to fight a war on two fronts; Afghanistan and Fox News. — Jay Leno

Here's some news from Afghanistan. We're sending more troops to seal up the borders. Can we try that here? Three months, 12,000 pounds of bombs and billions and billions of dollars and the highest ranking enemy we've captured so far is an American. — David Letterman

It's so fun to play a villain. I get to tap into a side of myself I thought I never had. — Abbie Cobb

I like to tell people that I have the best job in the media. All I do is hang around with heroes. I do that every week for my 'War Stories' documentary series - and when FOX News wants - I go off and cover the young Americans we send to places like Afghanistan or Iraq. — Oliver North

Being understanding is a curse because even if they hurt you,they are convinced "you will understand — Himmilicious

Music is proof that beauty is deeper than looks. — Hayley Williams

It is as bad to clip conscience as to clip coin; it is as bad to give a counterfeit statement as a counterfeit bill. — Edwin Hubbel Chapin