Okosak F Ldje Quotes & Sayings

And living in Australia I am relatively well off. — Peter Garrett

President Obama had voiced strong support for the effort in Afghanistan during his campaign, pledging to add two brigades, which he did. But since the inauguration ... the administration had signaled that the U.S. commitment needed careful assessment, and we needed to recalibrate the strategy and objectives. — Stanley A. McChrystal

I have become infected, now that I see how beautifully a book is coming out of all this. — Carl Sandburg

By the early 1960's America had reluctantly come to realize that it possessed, as a nation, the most potent scientific complex in the history of the world. Eighty per cent of all scientific discoveries in the preceding three decades had been made by Americans. The United States had 75 per cent of the world's computers, and 90 per cent of the world's lasers. The United States had three and a half times as many scientists as the Soviet Union and spent three and a half times as much money on research; the U.S. had four times as many scientists as the European Economic Community and spent seven times as much on research. — Michael Crichton

Promises controversy on a scale not seen since Samuel Huntington's Clash of Civilizations sought to reframe a new world order. — Stefan Halper

As the Brotherhood got down to business, he found himself putting his hand on the dog's big head and stroking the soft fur ... playing with an ear ... dipping down and finding the long waves that flowed from the animal's broad, strong chest.
Not that any of that meant he was keeping the the animal, of course.
It just felt nice, was all. — J.R. Ward

I saw a startling sight today, a politician with his hands in his own pockets. — Mark Twain

Violet carved her hate into her flesh one name at a time. — Damien Angelica Walters

What a strange illusion it is to suppose that beauty is goodness. — Leo Tolstoy