Operations Quotes - Page 2

• There was no difference between the behavior of a god and the operations of pure chance.

  Thomas Pynchon

  Differences, Chance, Behavior

  Thomas Pynchon (2012). “Gravity's Rainbow”, p.253, Penguin

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• Now, al Qaeda's on the run. Afghanistan is no longer a base of operations. The Afghan government is a friendly government that is trying to bring democracy to its people.

  Condoleezza Rice

  Running, Government, People

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• The more language is a living operation, the less we are aware of it. Thus it follows from the self-forgetfulness of language that its real being consists in what is said in it.

  Hans-Georg Gadamer

  Real, Self, Language

  Hans-Georg Gadamer (2008). “Philosophical Hermeneutics”, p.65, Univ of California Press

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• International business may conduct its operations with scraps of paper, but the ink it uses is human blood.

  Eric Ambler

  Blood, Ink, Use

  Eric Ambler (2001). “A Coffin for Dimitrios”, Vintage

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• I was most impressed with the professionalism of our soldiers stationed there, and I am now more confident than ever that that the operations at Guantanamo are being conducted in a humane and necessary manner.

  Jim Ryun

  Soldier, Professionalism, Humane

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• There was a military police brigade with over 3,400 soldiers getting ready to go home because their mission - prisoner-of-war operations - was finished.

  Janis Karpinski

  Military, War, Home

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• I went in for an operation to remove a brain tumor.

  Lou Gramm

  Brain, Remove, Tumors

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• Everything that is usually understood by the term co-operation is, in some degree, an evil.

  William Godwin

  Evil, Term, Understood

  "Romantic Rationalist: A William Godwin Reader".

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• Peace enforcement is a much more difficult kind of operation than peacekeeping.

  Harri Holkeri

  Enforcement, Kind, Difficult

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• No writer of a portion of the Bible was perfect. It was the direct and miraculous operation of the Holy Spirit that what they wrote is without mistake.

  Walter Lang

  Mistake, Perfect, Spirit

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• As we are all aware, Special Operations Forces, SOF, are playing an increasingly essential role as we continue to fight and, more importantly, win the war on terror.

  Robin Hayes

  War, Fighting, Winning

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• I'm the computer operator for Operation Rescue National.

  Norma McCorvey

  Computer, Rescue, Operators

  "An Interview with Norma McCorvey, the 'Roe' of Roe vs. Wade". Interview with Fr. Frank Pavone, www.priestsforlife.org. January 1, 1997.

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• We are ready to engage in international co-operation against terrorism with a view to safeguarding national interests and regional security and stability.

  Li Peng

  Views, Engagement, Terrorism

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• You want to have stability in the commercial aspect of your operation.

  Andrew Taylor

  Want, Aspect, Stability

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• In the three years since our nation began operations in Iraq, more than 2,500 Americans have been killed and more than 18,000 Americans have been seriously wounded

  Ike Skelton

  Years, Iraq, Three

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• I have written two medical novels. I have never studied medicine, never seen an operation

  Taylor Caldwell

  Two, Medicine, Medical

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• I think Operation Smile is in more than 22 countries, mostly Third World. It just happened that my schedule opened up at the time they were heading to Vietnam.

  Roma Downey

  Smile, Country, Thinking

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• I fought back, got injured again and I had to have another operation. I got down and depressed and I think I was drinking more than I should. Well, I know I was.

  Paul Gascoigne

  Depressing, Drinking, Thinking

  "I'm Gazza - and I am an alcoholic", www.theguardian.com. September 23, 2001.

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• I was outraged to learn that the president wanted to outsource operations at some American ports to the United Arab Emirates.

  Francine Busby

  Hype, President, Port

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• A number of the major terrorist captures we have made, the terrorist operations designed for the United States that we have interrupted, were enabled by the terrorist tracking program.

  Christopher Bond

  Usa, Numbers, United States

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• I have always been fully persuaded that, through co-operation, labor could become its own employer.

  Leland Stanford

  Employers, Labor

  Leland Stanford (1887). “Co-operation of Labor: Views of Senator Leland Stanford of California. An Interview ...”

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• I've always been fascinated by the operation of memory - the way in which it is not linear but fragmented, and its ambivalence.

  Penelope Lively

  Memories, Way, Linear

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• There's a preoccupation with memory and the operation of memory and a rather rapacious interest in history.

  Penelope Lively

  Memories, Preoccupation, Interest

  "'I'm not a historian but I can get obsessively interested in the past'". Interview with Robert McCrum, www.theguardian.com. August 25, 2001.

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• As we have heard, the end of al-Zarqawi is a significant blow to al-Qaida operations in Iraq. It is another clear indication of the progress we are making.

  Christopher Bond

  Blow, Iraq, Progress

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• Sam Walton's values are: treat the customer right, take care of your people, be honest in your dealings, pass savings along to the customer, keep things simple, think small, control costs and continuously improve operations.

  Michael Bergdahl

  Simple, Thinking, People

  Michael Bergdahl (2004). “What I Learned From Sam Walton: How to Compete and Thrive in a Wal-Mart World”, p.3, John Wiley & Sons

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