Guard Quotes - page 15

The advance guard in the campaign for peace that America wages today must be the State Department. (Louis A. Johnson)
I rely on guns for protection in life. God does not say, 'This is la-la land.' God doesn't say, 'Welcome to Earth. Everything's perfect. There's no crime. There's no murder. There's no death.' The world is imperfect, and you have to be on guard. View quote
Luke Scott
With Guard and Reserve units, you can end up with a lot of people from one part of the country dying in one day, and that gets people's attention. View quote
Lawrence Korb
For weeks after 9/11 you could smell the dust and pulverised concrete in New York, and the National Guard came in, so there was a military presence on the streets. It was intense. Overwhelming. Heartbreaking. View quote
Mark Boal
To fake it is to stand guard over emptiness. View quote
Arthur Herzog
The favorite thing I like to do is nothing. I'm such an expert at doing nothing. I have a boat. I make training films for the Coast Guard. I listen to a great deal of opera. View quote
Charles Nelson Reilly
Our National Guard, as I think everybody knows, has provided about 40 percent of the boots on the ground in Iraq and in the conflict against Islamofascism. They went into that battle, being called up for their national security service, short of equipment. View quote
Kit Bond
Our ports are owned by local governments who are responsible for the ports. It is the Coast Guard and Customs that provide security. The federal government will never outsource our security. View quote
Kit Bond
As the Senator from Vermont was kind enough to note, I did have the experience of being commander in chief of our National Guard in Missouri for 8 years. View quote
Kit Bond
I grew six, seven inches in junior year of high school, so I played guard my whole life growing up. So I think there's where I got my skill set from. View quote
Kelly Olynyk
I've reached a point in life where it would be easy to let down my guard and write simple imagistic poems. But I don't want to write poems that aren't necessary. I want to write poems that matter, that have an interesting point of view. (Maxine Kumin)
Nothing can be clearer than that what the Constitution intended to guard against was the exercise by the general government of the power of directly taxing persons and property within any State through a majority made up from the other States. View quote
Melville Fuller
We've done it in intelligence sharing and certain elements of security. There were parts of the department, in fact, that worked very well in Katrina, like the Coast Guard and TSA. View quote
Michael Chertoff
If it's a slow race you have to be on your guard. You have to be patient, but I prefer that. View quote
Michael East
Elvis couldn't leave the hotel except under heavy guard. It was incredible how they went wild over him. View quote
Minnie Pearl
Give up pride for good during the holidays. This is where I've been especially stubborn. As I walk more and more in this path of Christianity, I see that letting my guard down and admitting that I don't want to be alone is far better than dealing with me, myself and I, who always seem to want to keep up appearances. View quote
Monica Johnson
I Still Have Everything You Gave Me It is dusty on the edges. It is slightly rotten. I guard it without thinking. I focus on it once a year when I shake it out in the wind. I do not ache. I would not trade. View quote
Naomi Shihab Nye
On a very personal level, I have fond memories of spending a lot of time in the Library of Congress working on my collection of poems 'Native Guard.' I was there over a summer doing research in the archives and then writing in the reading room at the Jefferson building. View quote
Natasha Trethewey
Just fundamental things - I played guard and I played forward, so you get into a position where you are pivoting out on the court. View quote
Oscar Robertson
Horror movies are all about getting your attention; you always have to be on guard. People love to be on the edge - there's nothing like a surprise. View quote
P. J. Soles
The National Guard has served America as both a wartime force and the first military responders in times of domestic crisis. Hundreds of times each year, the nation's governors call upon their Guard troops to respond to fires, floods, hurricanes and other natural disasters. (Russel Honore)
Well, for me, my favourite 'Indiana Jones' is 'The Last Crusade,' because you get tears in your eyes when you see the old guard standing at the end, so that's my favourite one. View quote
Ray Winstone
Every walker is a guard on patrol to protect the ineffable. View quote
Rebecca Solnit
I think I can bring a lot to the triangle offense. Derek Fisher wasn't the tallest guard, but what he did is succeed and have a great career. I'm looking forward to learning from him. I've never played in the system, so I want to get there early. View quote
Shane Larkin
People let their guard down a little more when they're eating. View quote
Shelley Moore Capito