Hostages Quotes

43 quotes by 41 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 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
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
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
Fishing makes us less the hostages to the horrors of making a living. — Jim Harrison
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
Comrades! The kulak uprising in your five districts must be crushed without pity. You must make example of these people. (1) Hang (I mean hang… — Vladimir Lenin
Unprovoked attacks on Israel's borders, murdering Israeli soldiers, taking Israeli hostages and showering rockets targeting and killing Israeli civilians are not furthering any legitimate goal. — Alcee Hastings
As long as we're tied to Middle Eastern oil we're tied to Middle Eastern politics. We're hostages to the terrorists and nutcases who want to… — Ben Bova
Change is the sum of the universe, and what is of nature ought not to be feared. But one gives it hostages, and lays one's… — Mary Renault
The issue of terrorism must be dealt with firmly. We must work very hard to avoid loss of life. We must work very hard to… — Ahmed Chalabi
If you're robbing a bank and your pants fall down, I think it's okay to laugh, and let your hostages laugh too, because come on… — Jack Handey
Freeing hostages is like putting up a stage set, which you do with the captors, agreeing on each piece as you slowly put it together;… — Terry Waite
In fact, this is a blackmail of the terrorists at the expense of the suffering of the hostages. — Alberto Fujimori
If your happiness depends on your children being happy, that makes them your hostages. So stay out of their business, stop using them for your… — Byron Katie
No commandment surpasses the one concerning the liberation of hostages, for they are among the starving, the thirsting, the stripped, always in danger of death. — Elie Wiesel
I would have promised those terrorists a trip to Disneyland if it would have gotten the hostages released. I thank God they were satisfied with… — Oliver North
In my family, misery didn't just love company, it wanted hostages. — Jerry Stahl
We're all time's captives, hostages to eternity. — Boris Pasternak
If I were to be taken hostage, I would not plead for release nor would I want my government to be blackmailed. I think certain… — Margaret Mead

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