Hostage Quotes

135 quotes by 123 authors

He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. — Francis Bacon
I have led an unusual life. I have buried a father killed at age 50 and two brothers killed in the prime of their lives.… — Benazir Bhutto
We can't allow the world's worst leaders to blackmail, threaten, hold freedom-loving nations hostage with the world's worst weapons. — George W. Bush
I remember the last three days that I was president, I never went to bed at all. I never went to bed until we had… — Jimmy Carter
Religion has treated knowledge sometimes as an enemy, sometimes as a hostage; often as a captive and more often as a child; but knowledge has… — Charles Caleb Colton
I support the boycott because I do not think at this stage there is any other way to make our authorities see and understand because… — Yekaterina Samutsevich
Do not let the future be held hostage by the past — Neal A. Maxwell
You are eternity's hostage A captive of mine. — Boris Pasternak
Has one hostage from Lebanon come back with a photograph of his abductors? Has any hostage ever come back with a photograph of his abductors… — Dwight Schultz
But the true threats to stability and peace are these nations that are not very transparent, that hide behind the-that don't let people in to… — George W. Bush
It's hard being a hostage in somebody else's mouth - or a character in somebody else's novel. — David Antin
Because when you kill 300 people, 400 people, who have nothing to do with the provocations Hezbollah staged, but you do it in effect deliberately… — Zbigniew Brzezinski
[Alan Berg's] memory haunts many people, even those who never heard him on the radio, because his death could be read as a message: Be… — Roger Ebert
TO THOSE WHO WOULD USE INTELLIGENCE IN THE BATTLE AGAINST DEATH - TO STRENGTHEN THE WILL TO LIVE AGAINST THE WISH TO DIE, AND TO… — Karl A. Menninger
You're some special kind of hostage, that's for sure. Maybe, well, do you think my purpose in life is to give myself up to the… — Brian Nichols
Since leaving office in 1977, Dr. Kissinger has continued to play a highly influential role in U.S. politics, in the U.S. media, and in the… — Murray Rothbard
We cannot repent for someone else. But we can forgive someone else, refusing to hold hostage those whom the Lord seeks to set free! — Neal A. Maxwell
Fishing makes us less the hostages to the horrors of making a living. — Jim Harrison
Consciousness is a pitiful hostage of its flesh-envelope, whose surges, circuits, and secret murmurings it cannot stay or speed. This is the chthonian drama that… — Camille Paglia
Marriage is for committed lovers, not hostages. Marriage is a sacred relationship created for two people who complete each other spiritually. While it requires sacrificial… — Rob Jackson

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