| "I call upon the scientific community in our country, those who gave us nuclear weapons, to turn their great talents now to the cause of mankind and world peace to give us the means of rendering these nuclear weapons impotent and obsolete." »Ronald Reagan |
| "Making fun of born-again Christians is like hunting dairy cows with a high powered rifle and scope." »P. J. O'Rourke |
| "Have you ever been at sea in a dense fog, when it seemed as if a tangible white darkness shut you in and the great ship, tense and anxious, groped her way toward the shore with plummet and sounding-line, and you waited with beating heart for something to happen I was like that ship before my education began, only I was without compass or sounding line, and no way of knowing how near the harbor was. 'Light Give me light' was the wordless cry of my soul, and the light of love shone on me in that very hour." »Helen Keller |
| "The idea of all-out nuclear war is unsettling." »Walter Goodman |
| "A world without nuclear weapons would be less stable and more dangerous for all of us." »Margaret Hilda Thatcher |
| "If your ship doesn't come in, swim out to it" »Jonathan Winters |
| "The Obama presidency has two great missions: fixing the economy, and preventing Iran from gaining nuclear weapons." »Benjamin Netanyahu |
| "The only safe ship in a storm is leadership." »Faye Wattleton |
| "A community is like a ship, everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm." »Henrik Ibsen |
| "A nuclear power plant is infinently safer than eating, because 300 people choke to death on food every year." »Dixie Lee Ray |
| "A ship in harbour is safe, but that is not what ships are built for." »William Shedd |
| "I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship." »Louisa May Alcott |
| "A ship is always referred to as 'she' because it costs so much to keep one in paint and powder." »Chester William Nimitz |
| "A ship in port is safe, but that's not what ships are built for." »Grace Murray Hopper |
| "Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. If we continue to develop our technology without wisdom or prudence, our servant may prove to be our executioner." »General Omar Nelson Bradley |
| "If I thought there was some reason to be concerned about them, I wouldn't be sleeping in this house tonight. (When asked about continued presence of Soviet nuclear submarines along US coastlines)" »Ronald Reagan |
| "History is the ship carrying living memories to the future." »Stephen Spender |
| "The true beauty of nature is her amplitude she exists neither for nor because of us, and possesses a staying power that all our nuclear arsenals cannot threaten (much as we can easily destroy our puny selves)." »Stephen Jay Gould |
| "For this generation, ours, life is nuclear survival, liberty is human rights, the pursuit of happiness is a planet whose resources are devoted to the physical and spiritual nourishment of its inhabitants." »James Earl Jimmy Carter, Jr. |
| "I'd rather use the nuclear bomb...Does that bother you I just want you to think big, Henry, for Christ's sake. to Secretary of State Henry Kissinger on escalating the Vietnam War" »Richard Milhous Nixon |
| "It shouldn't be too much of a surprise that the Internet has evolved into a force strong enough to reflect the greatest hopes and fears of those who use it. After all, it was designed to withstand nuclear war, not just the puny huffs and puffs of politicians and religious fanatics." »Denise Caruso |
| "To Robert Fulton What, sir, would you make a ship sail against the wind and currents by lighting a bonfire under her deck I pray you excuse me. I have no time to listen to such nonsense." »Napoleon I |
| "No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into jail for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned." »Samuel Johnson |
| "Don't be afraid of the storms; be afraid of the ship and the captain! Forget about the outside factors, what matters is the internal power!" »Mehmet Murat ildan |
| "A politician is a person who can make waves and then make you think he's the only one who can save the ship." »Ivern Ball |
| "I think it's them...Men. They have no fortitude. They're always dying or skedaddling off at the first sign of trouble. So tell me this, who is left to pick up the pieces, ship the body. clean out the closets Us And they have the audacity to call us the weaker sex." »Robin Green |
| "An unstable pilot steers a leaking ship, and the blind is leading the blind straight to the pit. The ruler is like the ruled." »Saint Jerome |
| "Judge Smails It's easy to grin When your ship comes in And you've got the stock market beat. But the man worthwhile, Is the man who can smile, When his shorts are too tight in the seat." »CaddyShack |
| "Wake up with one mind, my friends, and kindle the fire, you many who share the same nest. Make your thoughts harmonious stretch them on the loom make a ship whose oars will carry us across." »Rig Veda |
| "I think a good novel would be where a bunch of men on a ship are looking for a whale. They look and look, but you know what They never find him. And you know why they never find him It doesn't say. The book leaves it up to you, the reader, to decide. Then, at the very end, there's a page you can lick and it tastes like Kool-Aid." »Jack Handey Deep Thoughts |
| Like Quotes.net? Why won't you tell a friend about us? |
