Kerik Bernard Quotes & Sayings

There was so much in you that charmed me that I felt I must tell you something about yourself. I thought how tragic it would be if you were wasted. — Oscar Wilde

Didn't vet Bernard Kerik sufficiently for DHS recommendation. — Rudy Giuliani

Going to prison is like dying with your eyes open. — Bernard Kerik

You need to believe in something that's bigger than yourself. I think that's what everybody wants to believe in that. — John Zorn

If you put Sen. Kerry in the White House, I think you are going to see that another terrorist attack happen ... and I don't want to see another Sept. 11. — Bernard Kerik

No one should ever be wrongfully deprived of their rights to liberty and freedom without just cause, yet in the past 25 years alone thousands of people have been wrongfully convicted and sentenced to tens of thousands of years in prison. — Bernard B. Kerik

The longing to belong and to be prized by one's peers permeates childhood and adolescence and can be compelling and anxiety provoking at any time in life, as the common dread of cocktail parties in adulthood attests. This need -- as old and as potent as erotic desire -- is a fundamental part of being human; according to object relations theory, we become ourselves by being recognized and loved by others. — Jeanne Safer

Do not accept anything simply because it has been said by your teacher, or because it has been written in your sacred books, or because it has been believed by many, or because it has been handed down by your ancestors. Accept and live only according to what will enable you to see truth face to face. — Gautama Buddha

That infamous day was the most powerful reminder I have ever been given that you should never take life for granted and should treat each day as if it's your last. — Bernard B. Kerik

I understand, probably more than anyone, what a threat Iraq was and the people that threatened Iraq was. I was beneath the towers on September 11th when they fell. And I
again, I just
I want to thank the President for the honor in allowing me to go there, because I lost 23 people. I wear this
this memorial band for the 23 I lost. — Bernard Kerik

Sensitivity isn't being wimpy. It's about being so painfully aware that a flea landing on a dog is like a sonic boom. — Jeff Buckley

It is quick to over punish and uninterested in rewarding good behavior. What would we say about an individual who had these characteristics? Mean? Cruel? Heartless? Mindless? Hypocritical? Stupid? — Bernard B. Kerik

People can say that I became famous because of 911. I became America's top cop, cultivated a political profile, wrote books, became a security consultant. But I'd give anything for that day not to have happened. I wish it hadn't. But it did. And I happen to be there at the time. I was there, and I did the best I could do under the circumstances. It's all any of us did. — Bernard B. Kerik

Coincidences are glimpses in to the creative mind of the universe. — Deepak Chopra

There is no greater threat to a free and democratic nation than a government that fails to protect its citizen's freedom and liberty as aggressively as it pursues justice. — Bernard B. Kerik

Attitude, not Aptitude, determines Altitude. — Zig Ziglar

In a free and democratic society such as ours, justice should not eternally abrogate one's rights to freedom and liberty, except in the most extreme cases. — Bernard B. Kerik

It smelled like a slaughterhouse. I was standing in the interrogation room of Saddam Hussein's Abu Ghraib prison on the outskirts of Baghdad. A stench of blood and death permeated my senses, my clothes, my being. — Bernard B. Kerik

I love baseball. You know, it doesn't have to mean anything. It's just very beautiful to watch. — Woody Allen

Science gropes and staggers toward improved understanding. — Carl Sagan

American citizens should not lose their constitutional rights because they lack the money to pay for them. — Bernard B. Kerik

I love Portland. I think it's one of the best cities - I obviously haven't been to very many places, but I had one of the best times I've had on a set there. — Mia Wasikowska

I get irritated when I hear preachers say, "Come to Jesus and all your problems will be over." That's just simply a lie. — R.C. Sproul

Political criticism is our enemies' best friend. — Bernard Kerik

27My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. 28I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. 29My Father, who has given them to me, [49] is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand. 30I and the Father are one. — Anonymous

Like Lyndon Johnson, President Obama understands that timidity in a time of troubles is a prescription for failure. — Robert Dallek